As far as comic book movies go this one had it right almost from the start. In our Hollywood versions of superhero movies most times the directors have a "vision" of how they see the hero and take it an awful and bad direction.
Not so here.
Thomas Jane thrives as Frank Castle, an ex-FBI officer ( a slight change from the comics as Frank was an ex-marine and never worked for the FBI ) who, upon retirement finds he and his family are now marked for death by the Saints, a family of criminals who operate out of Tampa, Florida. The movie stays pretty much by the Marvel comic of the same name with a good backstory of how the Punisher came to be.
John Travolta gives a great performance as Howard Saint and the cast is of course rounded out by Rebecca Romijin as Frank's neighbor. Moving through the stages of revenge Frank begins his quest and new life as The Punisher, with his first targets being those who murdered his wife and son.
If you're looking for a good movie based on a comic book, this one is as good as Spiderman or X-men, and on par with the original one as well, which I liked too.
8 out of 10 stars.
Not so here.
Thomas Jane thrives as Frank Castle, an ex-FBI officer ( a slight change from the comics as Frank was an ex-marine and never worked for the FBI ) who, upon retirement finds he and his family are now marked for death by the Saints, a family of criminals who operate out of Tampa, Florida. The movie stays pretty much by the Marvel comic of the same name with a good backstory of how the Punisher came to be.
John Travolta gives a great performance as Howard Saint and the cast is of course rounded out by Rebecca Romijin as Frank's neighbor. Moving through the stages of revenge Frank begins his quest and new life as The Punisher, with his first targets being those who murdered his wife and son.
If you're looking for a good movie based on a comic book, this one is as good as Spiderman or X-men, and on par with the original one as well, which I liked too.
8 out of 10 stars.