TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

djfrost-46786 Just an average action movie. Reminds u of Mad Max. Too bad some of the parents don't take Justice in their own hands with HS shootings. Thomas Jane played a great role. He looked the part.

asus-kybd This formula of guy was a cop.... guy watches family get burnt in a wooden house.... guy turns into superhero/vigilante/badass....goes all the way back to...."The Outlaw Jose Wales" and "Death Wish".And YOUR generation will have NO replacement for Clint, unless his kid can emulate daddy really well OR they CGI Clint like they did with Carrie Fisher last year.LATER

brett-40985 I think it is a good time to bring another movie review the 2004 movie The Punisher, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. The reason I feel that it is necessary for me to bring this movie back up, is because of the new Netflix released series Daredevil where we see the Punisher make appearances in. If you are a fan of the series Daredevil I feel that it is a good idea to watch this film to better understand the Punisher. The whole point that I want to bring this movie back is because of how well it does in showing Frank Castles life change. The beginning Frank Castle is an FBI agent who works in busting international crime dealers. What seemed to be a routine last job went sideways. One of the people who were killed was the son of Howard Saint, who is a crime boss in Tampa. The Saint family are distraught over the death of their son they send their men to go and kill Castles entire family. After surviving the hit Frank Castle now wants to get back at the people who did this to him. So he makes his way back to Tampa and starts getting ready for what he calls is justice. Which is why I feel that its important to watch this film, to really see how Frank Castle turns into the Punisher. With that I felt that he plot was good. I wouldn't say it was the best but it defiantly did a good job with Frank Castle. The only issue that I have with it, is when Henry Heck came into town that part felt rushed through. It felt like it was an after thought with how short the scene was for that character. Other than that the movie flowed fluently throughout the movie, really showing how Frank Castle was changing from a man into a killing machine. The plot wouldn't be much though if the acting of the actor playing Frank Castle didn't fallow through, which I thought Thomas Jane did well. Thomas Jane plays Frank Castle in the film and does the transformation justice. When he returns to where his family was murdered that is where we first catch a glimpse of him becoming the Punisher. He I thought did a good job playing the straight faced, man who has been through a lot very well. Which was shown with the shape that he was in to play the role. Thomas Jane in the movie looked like a guy who was a mission when he to over as Frank Castle, with how big he was. To even help the case even more I felt that the cinematography was just what you would expect in an action movie. The fight scenes where they would focus on Thomas Janes' face really feel as a third party in the room. The steady camera work for one shot where Tomas Jane punches the camera makes you flinch to get out of the way was brilliant. In the end this movie did justice to the Punisher. It really makes you connect to him and feel him and would always want him to continue what he is doing. Also if you are a comic book fan this movie I felt brought the Punisher to life and which you would enjoy.

classicsoncall I watch a film like this in the same way I watch films with Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal in them; it's to see the bad guys get what's coming to them. Truthfully, I had no idea this movie even existed, I saw the Dolph Lundgren film a long time ago and can't even recall it now. Thomas Jane makes for a worthwhile anti-hero, but if there's a critique to be offered for his take on the Marvel Punisher, it's that he's too, what's the word - sanitary?, clean cut? All-American? - I don't know if I can come up with the right word but hopefully you get my drift.This is the second time within about a week I happened to catch a picture with Kevin Nash in it, he was 'The Russian' in this one and had a role as a prison guard/football player in the Adam Sandler remake of "The Longest Yard". So that intrigued me enough to look up his other film credits and I was surprised to see he's got over a hundred. Upon closer examination though, the majority have to do with his day job as a pro wrestler, which come to think of it, IMDb seems to recognize as another type of acting role. That should sober up some minority of folks who still think wrestling is on the up and up.Well at least this wasn't all just straightforward mindless violence and mayhem. I thought the way Frank Castle/Punisher set up Howard Saint (John Travolta) was pretty innovative; instead of coming at him head on Castle created a pretty nasty web of deceit around the man's gangster connections. The business with Livia Saint (Laura Harring) and consiglieri Quentin Glass (Will Patton) left both of them clueless as to Howard's sudden irrationality. What gets the job done I guess.As for Howard Saint himself, that was a nasty way to go wasn't it? I think I like Travolta in his villain roles more so than the Vinny Barbarino type characters. Compared to his Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever", you just had to know that going up against The Punisher would end up a disco inferno.