The Punisher
A dark comic book movie.
Frank Castle works for the FBI and on his last raid a gangster's son is killed (mostly 'cause the kid is an idiot and pulls a gun but the gangster doesn't care). Castle then retires. Travolta is the gangster who then orders Castle's entire family slaughtered, Castle included. Unfortunately for Travolta, they don't quite kill Castle. The entire time Castle is out killing the baddies and doing his thing he's not claiming to do it for revenge but to punish the bad guys. This is why he is called "The Punisher." He's operating outside the law only because the law in extreme cases is inadequate.
This was good. It is nothing like X-men or Spiderman. This guy has no super powers but how to fight and use guns. Plus, he kills and maims and tortures. There is nothing "feel good" about this movie. It is, however, still very interesting and very well done. He's not invincible so gets his ass kicked a lot. Nothing is really over the top about the movie. I don't know how true this is to the comics but I watched the "Origins" special on the DVD and it seemed like there were several different beginnings in the comics. I don't know how Castle survived his "death," either; I think I blinked and missed it. Other than him explicitly stating it, the Punisher's message does not come across clearly. He has one little confrontation with the mayor (or maybe it was the police chief) and I think that's where we're supposed to see it but they kind of missed the mark on that part.
4 of 5. Very well done, nothing campy, quality characters.
Frank Castle works for the FBI and on his last raid a gangster's son is killed (mostly 'cause the kid is an idiot and pulls a gun but the gangster doesn't care). Castle then retires. Travolta is the gangster who then orders Castle's entire family slaughtered, Castle included. Unfortunately for Travolta, they don't quite kill Castle. The entire time Castle is out killing the baddies and doing his thing he's not claiming to do it for revenge but to punish the bad guys. This is why he is called "The Punisher." He's operating outside the law only because the law in extreme cases is inadequate.
This was good. It is nothing like X-men or Spiderman. This guy has no super powers but how to fight and use guns. Plus, he kills and maims and tortures. There is nothing "feel good" about this movie. It is, however, still very interesting and very well done. He's not invincible so gets his ass kicked a lot. Nothing is really over the top about the movie. I don't know how true this is to the comics but I watched the "Origins" special on the DVD and it seemed like there were several different beginnings in the comics. I don't know how Castle survived his "death," either; I think I blinked and missed it. Other than him explicitly stating it, the Punisher's message does not come across clearly. He has one little confrontation with the mayor (or maybe it was the police chief) and I think that's where we're supposed to see it but they kind of missed the mark on that part.
4 of 5. Very well done, nothing campy, quality characters.
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