When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.
Jeroen Krabbé
- Gianni Franco
- (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Zoska Aleece
- Tanaka's Daughter
- (as Zoshka Mizak)
Lani John Tupu
- Laccone
- (as Larney Tupu)
Gianfranco Negroponte
- Musso
- (as John Negroponte)
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- Trivia(at around 1h 1 min) During a flashback Frank Castle (Dolph Lundgren) has about his family, his daughters are both wearing Spider-Man pajamas. Director Mark Goldblatt did this to pay homage to Spider-Man. The Punisher first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129, dated February 1974.
- Goofs(at around 1h 10 mins) After the lights go off, some goons shoot at where two characters are standing, only to find them gone when the emergency lights come on. Not a single bullet hole is visible in the Japanese paper screen they were standing before, however.
- Quotes
The Punisher: Come on god, answer me. for years I'm asking why, why are the innocent dead and the guilty alive? Where is justice? Where is punishment? Or have you already answered, have you already said to the world here is justice, here is punishment, here, in me.
- Crazy creditsWayne Fitzgerald created the titles from numerous movies and TV shows Buck Rogers in the 25th Century the same animated sequence is used.
- Alternate versionsGerman VHS release omits some of the bloody bullet-impacts. The killing of the Samurai army in the Yakuza tower was completely removed. We only see them lying on the ground.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Punisher: Gag Reel (2013)
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The Punisher
"The Punisher" (1990) starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett, Jr. is a movie adaptation of the Marvel Comics character about a presumed dead police officer who wages a one man war on crime. In this big screen adaptation, The Punisher (Lundgren) rises from the sewers to battle the Yakuza (Japanese mafia) who have come to America to try to force the current reigning Franco crime family, headed by Gianni Franco (Jeroen Krabbe) out of business. To do this, the Yakuza headed by Lady Tanaka (Kim Miyori) have kidnapped the children of all the crime bosses. The Punisher reluctantly enters into this complex triangle to try to rescue the children.
I must say that "The Punisher" is a rather solid adaptation of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Dolph Lundgren proves that he can carry a movie. He can really kick some a** in this film. The action scenes may prove to be the best parts of this movie. Probably the best action sequence is the scene where The Punisher drops through a glass window and begins shooting up a casino.
"The Punisher" get 2 ½ stars out of 5.
I must say that "The Punisher" is a rather solid adaptation of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Dolph Lundgren proves that he can carry a movie. He can really kick some a** in this film. The action scenes may prove to be the best parts of this movie. Probably the best action sequence is the scene where The Punisher drops through a glass window and begins shooting up a casino.
"The Punisher" get 2 ½ stars out of 5.
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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