The Punisher (DVD)

...Castle is on top of the world. Highly respected at work (he is one of the force's most decorated undercover officers) and adored at home by his wife and son, he decides to retire from the force and enjoy a quieter life with the family. But in his professional life, Castle made enemies. Lots of them. And now one of those enemies decides to avenge the loss of his own son by exacting a terrible act of retribution upon Castle, killing his entire extended ...
...manages to recover. And so The Punisher is born - and the underworld had better watch out. As the onslaught of comic book to movie adaptations continues, some directors are attempting to try and break away from the mainstream. Whilst Spiderman, Hulk and The Fantastic Four may be filling cinemas all over the world, they lack the dark edge that many comic fans crave to see re-created in film. This isn't the first time that somebody has tried to create ...

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...Castle has just retired from the FBI after an illustrious career and is looking forward to spending some quality time with his family. Unfortunately, in his last case, he was responsible for killing the son of a corrupt businessman called Howard Saint, who then seeks revenge on Castle and his family by killing every single last one of them. Frank somehow manages to survive and, once recovered, decides to exact his own revenge on Saint and his family. ...
...did a reasonalbe job in the role. Based on a Marvel comic character, Castle is not really terribly believable - although he isn't imbued with super-hero characteristics, he does manage to live through violence that would have finished most people off, then get up, dust himself off, and start again. However, bearing that in mind, I thought Jane worked well within the confines of the role. He certainly looked the part - all rippling muscle and brooding ...

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Ever since X-Men banked at the box office you may have noticed a huge resurgence in movies based on comic-book, heck just to name a few from my own personal DVD collection: Elektra, Daredevil, Bullet-proof Monk, Ghost World, Hell-Boy and of course since I'm writing about it: The Punisher. Being the comic book fan-boy that I am naturally I'd read at least a couple of editions of 'The Punisher' and whilst I thought it was good - it wasn't the sort ...
...happen, wasn't it? * The Storyline * Meet Frank Castle: a softly spoken FBI agent who's recently decided to hang up his gun and badge and just relax with a bit of quiet time for his family and friends, on his last assignment he'd ended up in a bit of a show-down with a few criminals, one of them turned out to be the baby boy of local crime boss Howard Saint, as expected Saint isn't happy (well which crime-boss who's just had his son killed by a ...

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The new Punisher entry into the ranks of comic book movies is one that does not disappoint, mainly due to lack of hype, diminished expectations and that it is more a mainstream revenge thriller than a comic book fantasy extravaganza. The Punisher is exactly the same as every action based revenge thriller ever made, in fact the plot is almost identical to Vin Diesel's disastrous 'A Man Apart' - cop screws over big gang with operation, gang kills family ...
...get revenge! (And that is the whole plot really) What then would be the question sets The Punisher apart? The main difference between this and every early Arnie, Sly and their successors entries into the violent action genre is the investment put into the minor supporting characters. Frank (The Punisher) Castle's neighbours Bumpo, Dave and Joan are the human side of the film, the non-mainstream, offbeat side of humanity that turn out to be the ...

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***(MOVIE REVIEW ONLY)*** The great thing (or is it a bad thing?) about DVD rental schemes (and I can really recommend the Blockbuster one) is that you end up watching films you wouldn't usually watch. You do this because you want to get the most out of your subscription fee each month, so you search the lists and add away quite indiscriminately. In the last few months I've watched a lot of films (I have this great job where I get a week off each ...
...some good, some bad. The Punisher is one of the good ones. The Punisher is based on the Marvel comic of the same name. I will say straight away that I am not a big comic book reader (I used to love The Beano and the most sophisticated it got was reading The Eagle). I grew up in an era when most of the intelligent kids (I did not say geeks!) read Batman, Swamp thing, 2000AD and other such things. So I have come to the Punisher not knowing much about ...

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...his last job results in the death of bad guy Howard Saint’s son. After a few months of recuperation, Castle returns to extract vengeance using only his military training, his natural cunning and a lot of weapons. “The Punisher” isn’t like the other Marvel comic book heroes. His world is the real world, where villains get away with anything and everything. He doesn’t have any super powers so he has to depend on his strength, training, discipline ...
...to erase all memories of the Dolph Lundgren flop based on the same material. Thankfully that hasn’t proven difficult. “The Punisher” stays true to its comic book origins; the animated black and white intro showing bullet casings dropping to the floor leaves you in no doubt that this film knows where it’s coming from. What follows is a brutal eighty-eight minutes of visceral action that is unashamedly nasty. The film is shot in the style of an eighties’ ...

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...a cinema recently, I think the last one was hit-film TROY. Anyway, i went round a friends and we watched the DVD of it on his nice 'ol widescreen TV. Grab the popcorn, because this is definitley a film that will have you on the edge of your seat... History & Plot: The character, The Punisher, is a Marvel Comic hero, and films are starting to be released based upon Marvel comic heroes, such as Spiderman 1 & 2. However, The Punisher is a very different ...
...Trovolta in it! Plot: The first scene starts and is what quickly comes apparent as being an arms deal - shamoleons for guns. The FBI turn up on cue, and "kill" 2 people. However one of the people is Frank Castle, an agent on the inside of the deal, and who could possibly be the punisher? Hint. The other person (who is really dead, while the punisher was faking) Is son of club owner and all round hard man gang lord type person Howard Saint (played ...

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...(Thomas Jane) is one of the best undercover cops there is. He has a loving wife and kid, but is constantly moving house due to the nature of his job. He decides to retire early, after his final assignment, which causes the death of the son of notorious gang leader, Howard Saint (John Travolta). Howard Saint and his grieving wife seek revenge and decide to kill Castle's family, his entire family, at a family reunion. It is a brutal slaughtering of ...
...but are immediately persued by the gang truck. There is a crash and the terrified Wife and child flee down a pier, but the vehicle in pursuit run them down! Frank, on a motorbike, catches up and finds his dead family, and is then shot and blown up by the gang. But he isn't quite dead..... The brutal killing of Frank Castle's family is quite emotion when you see the children cowering under the tables being protected by their parents, and then get ...

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...London, he is close to the end of a fake arms deal. On the night, it doesn't go exactly to plan when Mickey Duka (Eddie Jemison) brings along his friend Bobby Saint (James Carpinello) who is funding the majority of the deal. Like I say, it all goes wrong as after the exchange, the FBI rush in to make arrests and Bobby Saint is killed. Bobby Saint is the son of the brutal Howard Saint (John Travolta) - possibly the only thing even more sadistic ...
...When the news is delivered to the Saint's of their sons death, vengence is saught, and Livia Saint orders the death of Castle's whole family. Howard Saint's right hand man, Quentin Glass (Will Patton) takes a crew to the Island where Castle's family are having a reunion before his departure for London, killing everyone - and leaving Frank for dead. The one mistake the learn they have made, is that did not make sure they finished the job with Frank ...

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Based upon the Marvel Comics anti-hero The Punisher, this movie of the same title stars Thomas Jane (Dreamcatcher, Deep Blue Sea) as Frank Castle an FBI agent who is carrying out one last assignment before he retires. Things don't go as planned and the son of Crime lord Howard Saint (John Travolta) is killed. Naturally big Howard is non too pleased over this, and so, with the influence of his wife, orders Frank Castle and his whole family be killed. ...
...recovers from his injuries with the help of a local fisherman, whom we never hear from again throughout the movie, he begins a one man war against Howard Saint, seeking revenge for the murder of his loved one's (see a pattern here?). Having never read the comic books, my only other contact with The Punisher came from a 1989 film called 'The Punisher' starring Dolph Lundgren…who is not the greatest of actors, so I came into this movie with expectations ...

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The Punisher, the newest Marvel comics film adaptation appears to leave one with just one simple question after viewing: why did they bother? Already turned into a terrible film in 1989, it seems that this isn't enough for Marvel, and the comic deserves two terrible films. Perhaps that is a little harsh, there are a few good elements that shine through here, but it's nowhere near enough to improve the film to any degree, or make it enjoyable at ...
...in increasingly brutal and over the top ways. And that's about it really, meaning if you don't get your kicks from overblown fight scenes or massive explosions, you're not going to find all that much of interest here. The only bright spot in the film is the excellent cast that has been assembled. Everyone knows what their role is about and how to portray themselves. Jane, who I wasn't particularly familiar with before this film, puts forward a bleak ...

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...which has been brought to the big screen. The plot of the film centres on the story of how Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) became the self-appointed superhero "The Punisher". Frank Castle is an undercover agent and he kills the son of gangster Howard Saint (John Travolta). Saint then sends his gang to murder the whole Castle family but they fail. A two hour story of tit-for-tat revenge, murder attempts, alcoholism and extreme violence follows in a world ...
...Thomas Jane plays The Punisher/Castle character quite well but he has little charisma. The deaths of Castle's family are very serious but a little bit of light-hearted humour wouldn't go astray. There are no witty one-liners. In fact, I don't recall seeing the guy smile! John Travolta on the other hand, gets into his role as a pipe-smoking villain with relish. Funny, sarcastic one-liners, deliberately hammy acting and his grief at the death of his ...

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...Special Features – The Punisher stunts. The Punisher Origins. War Journal. Music Video Trailer. Audio Commentary. Plot Summary – Whilst being under cover frank castle(Thomas Jane) he is involved in a arms sale that goes wrong resulting with the death of Howard Saints(John Travolta)youngest son, after which Castle retires from undercover work for a desk job in London before leaving Castle visits his family in the Caribbean for a big family get ...
...around and finding he was the only survivor castle plans the downfall of the Saints and those who took his family away from him and so becomes the Punisher. The punisher walks through the world we all know, a world full of crime and cruelty and with his determination avenges those wronged by society’s villains. My Opinion – As a kid I always remembered the original Punisher with Dolph Lundgren and how bad that was and secretly hoped they would ...

allmarallnot 13.07.2007 · Read full review
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...with a lovely beginning where The Punisher is enjoying a lovely time with his wife and family. They are sunning themselves, eating good food and basically having a time of their lives. The whole family is there on holiday - grandma, grandad, uncles, aunts, you get the picture. All of a sudden gunmen burst in and kill everyone in sight including the women and children. There is a very upsetting scene where his wife and son are running down the pier ...
...So as you can guess the punisher wants his revenge for the death of his entire family. This is a very moving film with fantastic special effects and superb acting skills. It stars John Travolta and Tom Jane. It contains lots of hard violence with guns and knives and is not a film for the faint hearted. You see a lot of bloodshed and destruction. The punisher is out for revenge and he doesn't care who gets in his way. Despite the violence the film ...

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