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06/24/06
The Punisher (1990)
14 %
Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 2 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 3.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: "The Punisher" details the exploits of the comic book antihero in his first and only screen outing. After the mafia ices his wife and children, New York cop Frank Castle vanishes into the bowels of the city sewer system, nurturing his vengeance. He spends the next few years stepping out of and... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett, Jeroen Krabbe, Kim Miyori
Director: Mark Goldblatt
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1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Much better than the 2004 version. A surprisingly potent blast of '80s action moviemaking.
07/31/05
Often underrated comic-book adaptation that lacks the trademark skull logo but delivers the superhero presence that the Thomas Jane remake sadly lacks.
06/24/04
É difícil escolher o que é pior: os diálogos risíveis, a direção amadora, as lutas nada convincentes, a péssima atuação (oh!) de Lundgren ou sua “maquiagem de deprimido”.
05/01/04
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.
04/28/03
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