Do you know Spiderman? The guy, who wears a red and blue costume, swings around and crawls on walls? Well if he ever met the punisher he would probably swing away with a wet spot in between his legs. Tom Jane is the punisher, a Anti Hero who wants to make everyone who ruined his life suffer in the most extreme ways, He doesn't care if he dies because Frank Castle is already dead. Only The Punisher remains after the horrible tragedy that happens to Frank and his family, his whole family. Who is behind the slaughter? Howard Saint (John Travolta). Castle has just finished his last job as an undercover FBI agent. Unfortunately Saint's son is killed during the job, Saint and his wife are furious and they order tough guy Quentin glass and his buddies to kill Castle, and his family. Frank and his family are having a family reunion in Puerto Rico and everyone is murdered. Roy Schneider plays a very likeable character in a short but memorable role as Frank's heroic father. Frank's wife and son manage to escape but Quinton and the others hunt them down. Castle gets to his wife and son as fast as he can but it isn't fast enough and the audience begins to know it is to late when Castle shouts out `Maria' to a pair of bodies on a dock. He reaches them and starts to stumble drunkenly because he has found out that, as he suspected (and we knew), the bodies are his Wife Maria and his son Will. When the dust is settled Castle should be dead but he isn't however he is dead on some degree because without his wonderful family he no longer has anything to live for. Frank dedicates his life to completely destroying Saint's in almost every way both emotionally and physically. Castle gets some help from some of his new neighbors (social outcasts who have always been misunderstood). It is very appealing to watch Saint's empire slowly crumble into bits and pieces at his feet. A very intriguing character is Saint's second son, he is hard to figure out sometimes but by the time the film is over we know what he is really like. The acting is excellent. All the supporting characters both bad and good are very memorable. Travolta is surprisingly convincing as Saint and Tom Jane seems born for the Film's title role. The dialogue is pretty good, and the action is dark and intense. Some scenes are very memorable. I loved this film because of the way it differs from other films of its genre. I loved how Castle became swallowed up by the dark and spit back out as a man on an automatic revenge mission. Oh wait; it's not revenge, its punishment. Movies like this are bound to get bad reviews but don't let critics stop you, chances are if you want to see this movie then you will like it. If not then chances are you won't enjoy it. Me, I really liked The Punisher and it's dark atmosphere.
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