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Thomas Jane
John Travolta
Will Patton
Rebecca Romijn
Eddie Jemison
Ben Foster

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Frank Castle's, Special Agent, family is gunned down. He hunts down and kill everyone involved. -- Josh C

10/12/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Not even close to a true Super Hero Movie.

Angst is not something that ever bothered the Frank Castle of the comics world. Marvel's recent string of heroes have simply been too angsty. Daredevil? Angst! The Punisher? Angst! Spiderman? Ang-- oh, wait, he's supposed to be that way... But anyhoo, this movie took a great concept and watered it down seriously. First off, Thomas Jane tried his best, but his severely lacked the menacing nature of the Punisher -- Frank Castle of the comics is an unstoppable meat-grinder when it comes to crooks, but the movie version just makes you want to yawn in comparison. Travolta's villain was just Travolta doing his usual schtick, and lacked any real threat-factor of any sort. Rebecca Romjin-Stamos is beautiful and gutsy, but the character from the comic is _neither_ of those things, so she just come...

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2.5/4 

03/04/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Not good

An unfaithful adaptation of the comic that changes his story to a painful degree. The story really is just random with only the death of the wife and the right hand man being anything that follows something. The rest is Punisher avoiding getting killed than killing in uninteresting action sequences than he easily defeats the villain played by John Travolta. Nothing special or good about this. The changing of setting and his strange chracter actions make this just bad all together.

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1/4 

08/15/2007 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

If you liked the comics, stay away!

I was completely disappointed with this movie. I loved the comics, in fact it was the only comic I really read more than a couple of. It was sad for me to see it tuned into a movie with mediocre acting, cheesy action sequences and over-the-top criminals.

I may have expected too much with John Travolta, but I guess this shows that even great actors are in crappy movies. I do give the movie a few props, it was a fairly humorous at times and I did enjoy watching the Punisher's fight with the giant Russian looking man.

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1.5/4 

08/15/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Unsung Hero

Out of a lot of the Marvel Comic movies that have come out over the years, this is actually one of my top favorites.

I never read The Punisher Comics as a kid; but I was aware of the character and some of the story lines. I think this was a very well-done movie. Much better than The Hulk or Electra; talk about dry, dull movies.

One of the most redeeming factors of this movie was it's soundtrack. I'm one of those people who really feels that many films don't take consideration, or as much consideration, towards a soundtrack as they should. This movie was not one of them. All the music choices were great choices and helped make a more effective movie.

The performances were not bad either. Thomas Jane has a very natural quality about him. Will Patton has always been a great...

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3/4