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The Punisher (1989) -- When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   6,151 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Boaz Yakin (written by)
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Release Date:
5 October 1989 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Tagline:
If society won't punish the guilty, he will. more
Plot:
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 synopsis
User Comments:
A good adaptation more (129 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min | Finland:76 min (heavily cut) (1990) (1995)
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Language:
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Spain:18 | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1995) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1990) | 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 Restricted

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Dolph Lundgren co-wrote the Punisher's monologues at the beginning and end. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In a long shot of rack-torture scene, everyone is clearly standing on a place-marker. more
Quotes:
Lady Tanaka: That was a very expensive question you asked at our place the other night. Several of our most trusted people were working there; it cost us nearly $2 million to get them out of prison - the ones you left alive, that is. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Twisted Sisters (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Vicious Minds more

FAQ

Is the US R-rated version completely uncensored?
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21 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
A good adaptation, 26 December 2003
7/10
Author: Gino Slavko Purin Subiria (gpurin) from Lima, Perú

I really liked this film, it´s true to the comic, and in some parts is better. For example in the comic Frank Castel has a truck full of weapons (most of them hi tech weapons) but were he gets the cash to pays for them. It´s a better adaptation than most flicks from those years (captain America for example) and it´s full with a lot of action and blood, its like a predecesor for Kill Bill. I give the movie a 7 out of 10.

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