The Punisher

This being one of my favourite titles for a while back in my teens but having been disappointed twice by the former comic adaptations I had little or no expectations whatsoever when I walked into this third one. The only reason I hung on was mainly because of my unsatiated expectations for this Marvel anti-Hero which I still hold dear and perhaps partly due to Marvel's recent successes with their on screen adaptations.

The bullet shells and bodycounts definitely lived up to the expectations for this title. Even the technicals and hardwares displayed would put the Bangladeshian army to shame. Surprisingly, the amount of blood splatter and brain matter totally blew me away making this undoubtly the most violent comic adaptation to date (totally befitting its M18 rating), if not the most violent action movie around.
The story is very straight forward and stuck rather closely to the good-old vigilante that I knew. The black comic relief in some of the scenes sent me rolling off my seat which I consider a bonus. Even scenes displaying Frank Castle's Human side and conscience are carefully proportioned so as not to slow the pace of the movie.

Initially, I was not totally sure about Ray Stevenson portraying Frank Castle. But as the story unfolded, he fell right into character.

This is so much of a guy-movie that it is not recommended to bring a date to unless you know for sure she is a "violent" chick who is totally into guns and exploding heads.