Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the “Punisher Task Force” hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
I don’t know. This guy just doesn’t scream “Punisher” to me. Oh sure he has the trademark skull icon in his body armour, and he has rediculous amounts of guns and even has a gruff speaking voice. But he just doesn’t look “right” to me. Maybe it will grow on me. The trailer looks to have plenty of violence and kickassery that you would expect from the Punisher.
I have never quite agreed with the Punisher as a hero (Or technically an Anti-Hero – performing a hero’s job using criminal methods) but I do get his character. He does the unthinkable to punish these criminals so that no one else has to, and no one else will. Its his mission and he doesn’t care what affect it has on his soul. He feels justified in his perverted “justice”
I always thought the Punisher story would end with him getting taken down by some FBI task force, and he would welcome it as justification for the sins he commited to complete his mission of punishing the wicked. But that would kinda close the door on any sequels.
Story be damned, we need us some munny churning sequels.
