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The Punisher [2004]
from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
starring Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Samantha Mathis, Laura Harring, Will Patton
directed by Jonathan Hensleigh

Features:

• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

The impressively muscular chest of Tom Jane is the focal point of The Punisher, a movie based on a Marvel Comics superhero. Frank Castle (Jane, Deep Blue Sea) retires from the FBI, which means--as any moviegoer expects--that his family is toast. Howard Saint (John Travolta, Face/Off), a shady Florida businessman whose son was killed in Castle's last mission, orders a hit not only on Castle's wife and child, but also on his parents and a whole bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins, and so forth. The killers shoot Castle himself in the chest, but he inexplicably survives and--as any moviegoer expects--sets out to even the score. Implausibly, given his sometimes curious and roundabout methods, he succeeds. Also featuring Will Patton (Armageddon) as an oily thug, Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive) as Saint's fleshpot wife, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (X-Men) as a waitress with bad taste in men. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Could have been (alot) better... Disappointing!
  Like some poeple have already admitted, I'm not the biggest comic book buff and I do not know a great deal about the Punisher history. But I do like to think i know action films, and this barely was one...
  I would in no way say this movie is bad, but i think the most appropriate word is "WEAK".
  Eventhough I reckon Tom Jane probably was the best choice for the character, he could've been allowed to play the character alot darker. The man has a giant skull on his t-shirt for god's sake!
  I... more info

• Worthless, literally
  The Punisher is one of the worst films I have watched in a while, and not the kind of bad like certain films I just don't like, but rather a certifiably bad example of how to make an awful film. While I would count myself as a bit of a comics buff, I'm not that into Punisher, and I still hated the movie, so I can only imagine how much the fans hated it. From what I knew about Frank Castle, he was a character not unlike Batman but without the moral code, a vigilante in the true, murderous sense of the word.... more info

• DESCENT COMIC-BOOK REVENGE MOVIE...
  ...that lives from its lead actors Thomas Jane and John Travolta. Otherwise quite descent and violent. Not a "must see", but you probably won't regret it if you do so.

• Does exactly what it says on the tin
  Critics, what planet are some of them on?
  So this film was slated because it was too violent and not realistic enough?
  It's The Punisher! In the comics he is a one man army on a vigilante mission to avenge the slaughter of his whole family and cleanse the world of evil criminals. How can you possibly make that realistic?!
  For those of us that weren't born in a bubble and know what The Punisher is all about, this film hits the nail right on the head.
  Yes there is a stupid amount of... more info

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