
Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.... (Full plot summary below)
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Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.
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| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAptly titled: it's punishingly long, slow and tepid, as flat and glossy as any issue of the comic...a long-winded, curiously unexciting revenge fantasy. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesTo say that the film redeems this genre from recent semi-lapses like Hellboy is an understatement. |
| FulvueDrive-in.comChuck O'LearyThe biggest guilty pleasure of 2004. An entertaining throwback to the kind of hardcore vigilante films Charles Bronson used to star in. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderInsane, fey villain, steely-eyed avenger -- shouldn't Steven Seagal be starring in this? And if he were, would I even have wasted THIS much space writing about it? |
| About.comFred TopelI don't remember the Dolph Lundgren movie all that well...Of course, this is a movie about characters, plot and tone, so it's no comparison to a straight to video B movie. |
| Denver PostMichael BoothHensleigh, co-writer with Michael France, makes the paint-by-numbers of organized-crime movies look fresh by tapping good actors and sleek camera work. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAmong the recent spate of comic-book movies, from "Spider-Man" to the "X-Men," The Punisher is unique. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxWe knew Marvel Comics was going to toss out an indisputable turkey one of these days. They've just given us the gobbler to beat. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA fun actioner that delivers per expectations. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda Cook"The Punisher" doesn't know what it wants to be. |