User:EezyCheezy/Sandbox/The Punisher

The Punisher is a 1989 Australian-American action film directed by Mark Goldblatt, written by Boaz Yakin, and starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr. Based on the Marvel Comics' character of the same name, the film changes many details of the character's comic book origin and the main character does not wear the trademark "skull" shirt. Shot in Sydney, Australia, The Punisher co-stars Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard, and Barry Otto.

Bad pointers

 * 1) The movie isn't very faifthful to the source material it is based on, changing many details of the character's backstory and even removing the iconic skull icon from The Punisher's costume. In fact, you can literally take the Punisher out of the movie and replace him with anyone else and the movie wouldn't change at all.
 * 2) Although we do get to see Frank Castle's backstory, there isn't much plot besides that: The rest of the movie involves boring and repetitive action with very little plot. It is also overstuffed with pretty much every 80's action movie trope.
 * 3) The Punisher is given barely any development outside of the backstory, and even then the backstory feels rushed as it is only told through 10 second flashbacks.
 * 4) Poor acting from the entire cast that feels stiff and boring to listen to. The only somewhat passable actor is Dolph Lundgren, and even he isn't enough to save the film.
 * 5) Poor action scenes with bad choreography that feels way too tame, slow, and improvised, and the cinematography and editing of the scenes feels shaky and cheap.
 * 6) The production values are horrendously bad, and this would be fine if the movie wasn't made near the end of the 80s.
 * 7) Extremely juvenile and laughable dialouge that makes the film cheesier than it needs to be.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) Lundgren does have a passable performance as Frank Castle/The Punisher.