Based on the Marvel comics character, THE PUNISHER is genuinely comic book-like, rather than cartoonish. The decor is stylized, the villains vile and broadly drawn, the protagonist--like many newer crime fighters--haunted and nearly psychotic.
Former police officer Frank Castle (Dolph Lundgren), whose wife and children fell victim to a car bomb planted by sleek Mafia capo Gianni Franco (Jeroen Krabbe), has been officially dead for five years. But those who knew him best, including his former partner Jake Berkowitz (Louis Gossett, Jr.), suspect the truth is far worse. A mysterious figure calling himself the Punisher has been "whacking off wiseguys like he's got a ...
Released:
1987
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins