Overview
- The Disney+ special is now streaming, with a new behind-the-scenes reel showing the production’s heavy use of practical stunt work including a full-body fire gag performed by Jon Bernthal.
- Director Reinaldo Marcus Green said a brief hallucination sequence ties back to Daredevil and is used to map Frank Castle’s fractured headspace without turning the story into a continuity lesson.
- Cheo Hodari Coker, who created Netflix’s Luke Cage, praised Bernthal and the direction but argued the special is too short to let its themes and character beats breathe.
- Reviews from outlets like Inverse and Collider say Bernthal’s take remains compelling yet stuck in grief-driven loops, and they call for clearer evolution as the character moves into broader MCU stories.
- Popverse reported that Bernthal is open to playing Frank Castle again only if he leads creatively, after co-writing One Last Kill with Reinaldo Marcus Green ahead of his scheduled appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.