**The Punisher avoids the comic book cheese of the era and grounds its story in a realistic revenge tale that fits the character perfectly.** Jon Bernthal might have been the perfect actor to play the Punisher, but Thomas Jane was a close second. Rather than getting all wrapped up in the comic universe, The Punisher (2004) keeps its story contained in a more realistic world and focuses on the tver mais...

Thomas Jane and John Travolta are good in this, but man is The Punisher one stupid movie. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief quite a bit but how is it a gangster assassin doesn't double tap and headshot their target when they have them at point blank? This mafia family soon proves to be one of the dumbest in all of gangster cinema, leaving their loved ones completely open to be followed by Fraver mais...