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Punisher, The (2004) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Punisher, The (2004) a score of 2.3786 out of 4

based on (318) reviews

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Excellent

(17)

Very Good

(160)

Good

(102)

Fair

(35)

Poor

(4)

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The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)

Movies that are going to market themselves as straight badass as The Punisher empirically disappoint. I can't really think of any specifically, but there had to be some historical evidence that was causing a certain thought to pop up in my head every...read the complete Punisher, The (2004) review at The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)

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DVDActive (Brett Anderson)

A good little DVD to pick up, if given the chance. Perhaps worth a rental before deciding to buy it or not. Most of the down sides to this movie are easy to overlook, and the more you watch it, the more you see to like about it. A nice addition to the...read the complete Punisher, The (2004) review at DVDActive (Brett Anderson)

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NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)

[Hensleigh has] made a film that is less self-consciously operatic, something that has both the visual flairand the lean, determined drive of Old School comics....read the complete Punisher, The (2004) review at NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)

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Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)

The word on The Punisher was not good before the movie came out, and after it's release it only got worse. Forewarned is forearmed, so I passed on seeing it on the big screen. However... being a fan of comic books and the movies they inspire, combined...read the complete Punisher, The (2004) review at Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)

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Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

The Punisher is such a bad film that it becomes inadvertently entertaining; it�s enough to make you pine for the original version of the black-clad Marvel Comics� badass, played to awful imperfection in 1989 by Dolph Lundgren. This second attempt is...read the complete Punisher, The (2004) review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

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