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This is an adaptation of a popular, violent Marvel Comics series about a character who's a frontier-style vigilante in modern-day urban America. Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, once a crusading police officer whose family was murdered by a car bomb planted by the Mob. Believed to be killed in the explosion, Castle has gone underground, building a subterranean lair in the sewer system and vengefully assassinating various criminals, wracking up an impressive body count of 125 slain in five
Oct 5, 1989 Wide
Mar 15, 2000
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (13) | DVD (5)
With origins in a Marvel Comics character, The Punisher is, as might be expected, two-dimensional.
Carefully tended facial stubble trimmed to give him a skull-like appearance, Lundgren is truly impressive as a character defined by emotional emptiness.
Destructive, reprehensible, and marvellous fun.
A terrible one-man-army action flick. The 2004 version is far more effective.
Much better than the 2004 version. A surprisingly potent blast of '80s action moviemaking.
Often underrated comic-book adaptation that lacks the trademark skull logo but delivers the superhero presence that the Thomas Jane remake sadly lacks.
É difícil escolher o que é pior: os diálogos risíveis, a direçăo amadora, as lutas nada convincentes, a péssima atuaçăo (oh!) de Lundgren ou sua "maquiagem de deprimido".
Marred by cheeseball sets and special effects, lame fight sequences, and some of the worst acting ever to disgrace the screen.
The only positive spin I can put on this movie is that if bad comic adaptations like it hadn't been done in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Marvel never would have needed to have its current, high-quality big-screen resurgence.
The real problem is that it just isn't very exciting.
The first film adaptation of the Marvel Comics character The Punisher is a decent action film that could have been much better, but this is still an entertaining film to watch. Dolph Lundgren gives a good performance as Frank Castle/The Punisher, and along with Ray Stevenson who would later play Frank Castle in
November 6, 2011
Super Reviewer
In no way is this really The Punisher, but in a lot of ways it works as a bizarre 80s action movie. Dolph Lundgren plows his way through bad guys and continues to prove that he is an unstoppable force. The semi-futuristic landscape didn't work as well as it theoretically should have and it just comes off as a Robocop
May 25, 2010Super Reviewer
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