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The Punisher
Frank Castle, an undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante assassin and sets out to unleash vengeance upon Howard Saint, the corrupt businessman who slew his family.
1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
14 December 1970, San Diego, California, USA
1 May 1965, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, USA
25 September 1960, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
13 August 1975, Albany, New York, USA
27 October 1991
January 17, 2016
good fun to watch the bad guys drop like fliesJuly 06, 2010
Standard, styleless revenge fantasy.April 22, 2004
There isn't a moment in The Punisher that isn't borrowed or stolen from another movie.May 07, 2009
If you thought "Daredevil" was lousy, then you'll be thoroughly irritated by the asleep-at-the-wheel pacing of the story of the Punisher's origin.April 19, 2004
... a lot of fun.February 09, 2006
Ultimately, Frank's victim -to-vigilante transformation is so morally unexplored it's emotionally alienating.April 17, 2004
Gets us lost early in the first half-hour and never succeeds in completely luring us in.April 21, 2004
Mismanages its greatest asset: an unusual embarrassment of camp riches.December 28, 2010
Bad big screen adaptation of comic book.April 29, 2009
Yet another trophy in Marvel's movie gallery...April 25, 2007
There's something to be said for letting a comic book adaptation operate at the level of a comic book, dispensing cheap laughs and ice-cold sadism.July 06, 2010
Despite some admittedly strong moments it's certainly nothing special and barely above ordinary.