"God's gonna sit this one out." My favorite line from Thomas Jane's The Punisher a film that's been constantly underrated by critics and fans alike. Thomas Jane is the title character Frank Castle, a FBI agent whos family was killed by a mob, a set up by Howard Saint for the death of Saint's son. Frank then becomes The Punisher, a man who is judge, jury and executioner (hey, he's like daredevil without the rediculous costume XD) he protects the innocent by killing mobs, gangs, rapists you name it, he kills it. In the film he is out for revenge on Howard Saint for the death of Castle's family. I find the acting in this movie to be great but from Thomas Jane, he was phenomenal as Frank Castle. He brings to the character a greater depression and anger than the character ever was in the comics. The acting from the rest of the cast is great. I feel the director knew what film he was making, knew what he wanted the film to be, added from the source of the comics. The action is over the top and very well done, probably the highlight of the movies is The Punisher vs. The Russian. The score can be a bit depressing but is very well done and really helps drive the movie.
Overall: The film is very underrated but is one of Marvel's best. The drama is very well writen and the acting is spot on. 9/10
Now, the reason I find this movie to be better than the other two is for the better acting, story driven, better drama, the action is when it's appropriate and it's just a better adaptation to the comics. The bad acting killed the original for me, Punisher: War Zone... wow that movie was just bad. The acting and the sound wasn't but the rest of the movie is. They tried making it closer to the comics by every detail and wanted to make it bloodier and gorier and look how that went for them. They ignored the story and his motivations and it killed the movie. To say War Zone is an ok movie is pushing it, Overall the reasons 2004's Punisher is better is basically written in the review but to a greater degree.
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Fan of comic books with dreams to become a writer and director for film one day. Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and Captain America are my favorite superheroes. While Dr. Doom, Thanos, The Lizard and Ultron rank among my all time favorite super villains.