Punisher, The (2004)

Movie Review by The Gravedigger	10.13.04

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This version of the Punisher is much better than 80's Dolph Lundgren version but not quite the comic-book character. After Frank Castle's (Thomas Jane) family, and I mean his extended family as well, are slaughtered by some criminals he embarks on getting his revenge.John Travolta is decently slimy as the main villain and Will Patton (THE POSTMAN) is great his sadistic right-hand man. I enjoyed the movie but I felt it didn't quite capture the character. He's supposed to be this Judge Dredd-like force of justice but here he's basically an alcoholic with a lot of weapons out for vengeance. He must get beaten up a dozen times in this movie, which only succeeded in diminishing his strength. Next to the HULK this is the weakest recent Marvel adaptation. » Search Database for Punisher, The (2004) Seen it? Rate it Currently 7.50/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 7.5 out of 10.0 - 6 votes cast total buy on dvd  |  buy poster del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST