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5 October 1989 (West Germany) moreTagline:
If society won't punish the guilty, he will. morePlot:
When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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An exciting action-packed thriller more (129 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dolph Lundgren | ... | Frank Castle | |
| 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 |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
89 min | Finland:76 min (heavily cut) (1990) (1995)Language:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Iceland:16 | Spain:18 | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1990) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1995) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (2006) (self applied) (film festival rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (cut) (certificate #29751) | Australia:R | France:-12 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFilming Locations:
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaFun Stuff
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In the opening sequence, on a cinema marquee, a poster is visible for the film "Make Them Die Slowly", better known as Cannibal ferox (1981). moreGoofs:
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. moreQuotes:
Lady Tanaka: [answering the question, "Who the fuck do you think you are?"] We are Yakuza. When your ancestors were shepherds still screwing sheep on the Mediterranean coast, ours were the crime lords of Asia. moreSoundtrack:
Vicious Minds moreFAQ
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This film was pretty good. Frank Castle is The Punisher, a former police officer whose family was murdered by mobsters and years later, he comes back and wages a one-man war against crime. Although thought dead, he slowly kills off leading mobsters and criminals, one by one, in the name of "street justice". This movie had good music, and Louis Gosset Jr. played his role well as a police chief who was a friend of Castle. This movie had a decent story and exciting well-filmed gunbattles, but there were some bad things too. It relied more on pure action than on acting, for there was little talking in the whole film, just gunfire. It was somewhat fake to the point where it no longer seemed like a film (more like a video game) where a single man kills dozens of mobsters and is only hit by a single bullet in the whole film (in the shoulder!!!). But besides the bad things, this was pretty exciting and I would recommend it to all who enjoy action films. Feel free to email me with any questions or comments.