The Punisher
29,420
Action. Thriller
The Punisher walks through the world darkened by war, crime, cruelty, and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees - only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society's villains. The Punisher marks the directorial debut of Jonathan Hensleigh, renowned screenwriter of genre blockbusters The Rock, Armageddon and Die Hard: With a ... [+]
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United States | San Francisco Chronicle | "It's a prevailing sense of humor that makes this an entertaining, if silly, film adaptation of the Marvel comic." | NEU |
United States | Rolling Stone | "Among the recent spate of comic-book movies, from 'Spider-Man' to the 'X-Men,' The Punisher is unique." | POS |
United States | New York Daily News | "It features an insane amount of violence and a number of visual references to the comic, but it lacks the original's humor and spirit" | NEG |
United States | Boston Globe | "The movie is as grim and grave as the comic book. But it lacks atmosphere" | NEG |
United States | USA Today | "Trashy and disturbingly violent yet fairly zippy and amusingly cast (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
United States | TV Guide | "This comic-book-based revenge story is undermined by its inconsistent tone" | NEU |
United States | The Wall Street Journal | "Punishes the audience with a flat starring performance; Mr. Jane finds few sparks of life in a hero who wasn't all that lively to begin with." | NEG |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "That rare comic book movie that actually feels like a comic book" | POS |
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