The Punisher (2004)
Makes Dolph Lungren's version look like Citizen Kane
19 April 2004
How can you take a great comic book character like the Punisher and make such bad movies out of it?

I thought Dolph's version was bad, but this one was worse! It seemed to have promise. Executing Frank Castle's family, and I mean every family member, made it seem like it would be a lot harder edged than it turned out to be.

Dolph's Punisher was a lot closer to the comics. This Punisher was way too wimpy, and just barely survived any fight he was in. Whether it be against the Desperado reject, Big Lazy Kevin Nash, or anybody else.

The Punisher is supposed to be a character who is in hiding. An abandoned warehouse in the comics, the sewer in Dolph's version. Here he's in a boarding house with a hot chick and two losers who are supposed to be comic relief. It's very easy for the bad guys to track Castle down.

There's a lot of unintentional silliness. Whether it be the bad dialogue, bad acting, or the Punisher striking his heroic pose.
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