The Punisher (2004) Critic Reviews
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Trashy and disturbingly violent yet fairly zippy and amusingly cast.Read the full review
Among the recent spate of comic-book movies, from "Spider-Man" to the "X-Men," The Punisher is unique.Read the full review
Unlike some of its recent ilk – "Spider-Man," for example – The Punisher is, no disrespect, a thoroughly morose and bilious affair. That is precisely what I like best about it.Read the full review
That rare comic book movie that actually feels like a comic book. Which turns out to be mostly, but not entirely, a good thing. Read the full review
It's a prevailing sense of humor that makes this an entertaining, if silly, film adaptation of the Marvel comic.Read the full review
The Punisher is so grim and cheerless, you wonder if even its hero gets any satisfaction from his accomplishments.Read the full review
Fires blanks. Thoroughly routine, pic plays like a paint-by-numbers pilot for bygone basic-cable teleseries.Read the full review
Punishes the audience with a flat starring performance; Mr. Jane finds few sparks of life in a hero who wasn't all that lively to begin with. Read the full review
A tone-deaf muddle that shifts moods more often than its lone wolf vigilante rubs out bad guys, clocking in at a punishingly paced two hours and change. Read the full review
The Punisher isn't Frank Castle; it's Jonathan Hensleigh. And the punishee is anyone sitting in the audience. Read the full review
