Destructive, reprehensible, and marvellous fun.
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06/24/06
The Punisher (1990)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:4
Rotten:13
Average Rating:3.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett, Jeroen Krabbe, Kim Miyori
Director: Mark Goldblatt
Reviews for The Punisher
1 - 17 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticCarefully tended facial stubble trimmed to give him a skull-like appearance, Lundgren is truly impressive as a character defined by emotional emptiness.
04/24/09
With origins in a Marvel Comics character, The Punisher is, as might be expected, two-dimensional.
03/26/09
Top CriticA terrible one-man-army action flick. The 2004 version is far more effective.
09/29/05
No review available.
08/14/05
Much better than the 2004 version. A surprisingly potent blast of '80s action moviemaking.
07/31/05
No review available.
07/26/05
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
Marred by cheeseball sets and special effects, lame fight sequences, and some of the worst acting ever to disgrace the screen.
04/18/04
No review available.
04/14/04
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
The real problem is that it just isn't very exciting.
12/07/02
No review available.
10/29/02
No review available.
10/11/02
No review available.
07/25/02
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