The Punisher (2004)

The punisher is a action it is a very good movie tomes jane is good as the punisher

This formula of guy was a cop.... guy watches family get burnt in a wooden house.... guy turns into superhero/vigilante/badass....goes all the way back to...."The Outlaw Jose Wales" and "Death Wish".And YOUR generation will have NO replacement for Clint, unless his kid can emulate daddy really well OR they CGI Clint like they did with Carrie Fisher last year.LATER

I think it is a good time to bring another movie review the 2004 movie The Punisher, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. The reason I feel that it is necessary for me to bring this movie back up, is because of the new Netflix released series Daredevil where we see the Punisher make appearances in. If you are a fan of the series Daredevil I feel that it is a good idea to watch this film to better understand the Punisher. The whole point that I want to bring this movie back is because of how well it does in showing Frank Castles life change. The beginning Frank Castle is an FBI agent who works in busting international crime dealers. What seemed to be a routine last job went sideways. One of the people who were killed was the son of Howard Saint, who is a crime boss in Tampa. The Saint family are distraught over the death of their son they send their men to go and kill Castles entire family. After surviving the hit Frank Castle now wants to get back at the people who did this to him. So he makes his way back to Tampa and starts getting ready for what he calls is justice. Which is why I feel that its important to watch this film, to really see how Frank Castle turns into the Punisher. With that I felt that he plot was good. I wouldn't say it was the best but it defiantly did a good job with Frank Castle. The only issue that I have with it, is when Henry Heck came into town that part felt rushed through. It felt like it was an after thought with how short the scene was for that character. Other than that the movie flowed fluently throughout the movie, really showing how Frank Castle was changing from a man into a killing machine. The plot wouldn't be much though if the acting of the actor playing Frank Castle didn't fallow through, which I thought Thomas Jane did well. Thomas Jane plays Frank Castle in the film and does the transformation justice. When he returns to where his family was murdered that is where we first catch a glimpse of him becoming the Punisher. He I thought did a good job playing the straight faced, man who has been through a lot very well. Which was shown with the shape that he was in to play the role. Thomas Jane in the movie looked like a guy who was a mission when he to over as Frank Castle, with how big he was. To even help the case even more I felt that the cinematography was just what you would expect in an action movie. The fight scenes where they would focus on Thomas Janes' face really feel as a third party in the room. The steady camera work for one shot where Tomas Jane punches the camera makes you flinch to get out of the way was brilliant. In the end this movie did justice to the Punisher. It really makes you connect to him and feel him and would always want him to continue what he is doing. Also if you are a comic book fan this movie I felt brought the Punisher to life and which you would enjoy.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. The script is horrible, the dialogue is horrible, the acting is horrible. The editors were not on their A game this day. With such a great story in The Punisher comics you would think you could pull off a great movie. I would suggest sticking with the Daredevil Netflix series to get a better representation of the Punisher. I am hoping we get a spin off series soon. This was just a very poorly executed film. As this review sums it up, I am going to pontificate nothing within these next two sentences. This is just an attempt to meet IMDb's silly policy of ten lines of text.