The Punisher (1989)

Director:

Mark Goldblatt

Guionista (WGA):

Boaz Yakin (written by)

Release Date:

5 octubre 1989 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action

Frase comercial:

If society won't punish the guilty, he will.

Plot:

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic Strip | Strong Language | Sewer Hideout | One Man Army | Hand Cut Off

Comentarios de los usuarios:

USA

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Frank Castle / The Punisher
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Jake Berkowitz
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Gianni Franco (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Kim Miyori	...	Lady Tanaka
Bryan Marshall	...	Dino Moretti
Nancy Everhard	...	Sam Leary
Barry Otto	...	Shake
Brian Rooney	...	Tommy Franco
Zoshka Mizak	...	Tanaka's Daughter
Kenji Yamaki	...	Sato
Hirofumi Kanayama	...	Tomio
Larry McCormick	...	TV Newsreader
Todd Boyce	...	Terrone
Lani John Tupu	...	Laccone (as Larney Tupu)
John Negroponte	...	Musso

También conocida como:

Vengador (Spain) [es]
Vengador, El (Spain) (TV title) [es]

Duración:

89 min | Finland:76 min (heavily cut) (1990) (1995)

País:

Australia | USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Finland:K-18 (2006) (self applied) (film festival rating) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R (cut) (certificate #29751) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1990) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1995) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Spain:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

New World Pictures (Australia)

Trivialidades:

Although it wasn't released theatrically in the United States due to New World Pictures bankruptcy, the movie opened in theaters in most territories.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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: I PUNISH THE GUILTY!
Drunk: And as a result the innocent must suffer?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The President's Man (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Planet of Love

USA

Ah It was 1989,and the Punisher never made it to US theaters.Its a shame too.Cause this is one hell of an action movie.

I know it is not the most faithful adaptation.But in casting and action its great.And thats where its strength lies.

Dolph Lundgren is frank Castle out to avenge the violent murders of his family.He is so good at it that he has tagged 100+ murders of the Franco crime family.However a new threat comes from the emerging Yakuza.In the end the Punisher is forced to join forces with the thugs he was killing to stop the yakuza.

The action here is lean and Very mean.It is pure Punisher-style.Fist-fights.Knife fights.Gun Fights.40 Ninjas getting cut down with machine-gun fire.Extremely violent mode is on here.

Acting-wise.Dolph is great as Frank.He was clearly the best choice at the time.He gives the right sense of quiet intensity at the right moments.

Louis Gosset Jr is Frank's Guilt ridden ex-partner.The scenes between the 2 are good.Gosset steals a few scenes as well.

Jerrone Krabbe is a good bad guy as Johnny franco the crime boss who partners with Frank to save his son.Class act.

Kim Myori as the Lady Yakuza commands the screen when she is on.She comes off very psycho-like.

Barry Otto is good as the Punisher's Drunken stoolie.

Now this is how the Punisher 04 should have been.Here there is no cat and mouse Bs that watered it down .Its simple.The trigger is pulled.The guilty are punished.This has the essence of the comics.

Its a shame Dolph never became the big star he should have been.

8/10