The Punisher is a film released in 2004. It’s based on the comic book by Marvel. The star of the movie is Thomas Jane, playing Frank Castle. The film was put out by Lions Gate Entertainment.
Frank Castle is an undercover agent just about to retire. During his last job, the son of Howard Saint, played by John Travolta, was killed. Howard Saint is a money launderer whose evil wife orders the death of Frank and his entire family after hearing news of her own sons death. Howard gave the orders and the battle began. Saint’s small private army travelled to the place where Castle was having his retirement family reunion. The movie starts out pretty sad, being that his whole family is executed, but they don’t call the movie ‘The Punisher’ for nothing. A local to the area assists Frank in getting healthy again, and now with a new outlook on life Castle is ready to settle the score. He rents out an old rundown apartment and starts planning his every detail. He works on an old muscle car, making it pretty much bulletproof and almost indestructible. The plan he executes not only kills Howard Saint in the end, but makes Saint kill his wife and best friend out of insecurities.
The movie has many great fighting scenes, and lots of great killing, if you’re into that. My favourite is when Castle stabs a knife up through a guys chin into the roof of his mouth. Ouch! If you like vigilante movies where the bad guys really get it in the end, this ones for you.