The Punisher

The Punisher

Action • R • 2004 • 2 hr 4 min

5.8

6.4

Starring

Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Roy Scheider, Laura Harring

Directed By

Jonathan Hensleigh

Written By

Michael France, Jonathan Hensleigh

Attributes

Genre

Action Crime Drama Superhero

Release Date

April 16, 2004

User Reviews

It was a great revenge film. Like a John wick film. No dogs harmed , but a child was off screen. Wouldn’t have known it was a marvel hero.

I miss these truly gritty hero films. A very good representation of the punisher.

Jane is perfect casting. Exciting and inventive action sequences. A worthy adaptation. Harris and Travolta are the weakest part of the cast.

Classic. Some lore has been tweaked, but it's still a good movie. Thomas Jane held the position for best Punisher until Bernthal came along.

An awesome adaptation and the acting was really good for the main role.

I really enjoyed the movie and the overall badassness of it

Kenneth R Koepnick

The second best version of the punisher we've gotten, with an awful villain & terrible plot

Good, but the Netflix series is much better.

Great Origin story for the Punisher and Thomas Jane’s performance is commendable. Wish we could’ve seen a sequel to this one. Underrated

A badass brutal comic book revenge flick that action packed that hit the emotions with a Commendable performance from Jane & Travolta good

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5.8 – Based on 7.2k ratings

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