Review of The Punisher (2004) by Kiroarama — 29 Jun 2020
Rewatching this film was a mistake, I remember liking it when I was younger but now...
The acting is painfully awkward and cringey. Frank's motivations for taking revenge are on point but you never feel that it was a big loss for him, they try to compensate that with: "Look how much he drinks" and "Look how dead inside he looks". He lost his entire family very recently and it looks like all of that happened many years ago or he never cared about them.
The motivations for people to help him are very thin, there's all that stuff about family with the people he shares building but there's barely any development between them and Frank.
The pacing is bad, it goes to fast, not enough time to develop characters and situations.
The writing and dialog are also really low quality.
It's sad, because I think Thomas Jane looks great as The Punisher.
This review of The Punisher (2004) was written by Kiroarama on 29 Jun 2020.
The Punisher has generally received mixed reviews.
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