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Writer (WGA):
Boaz Yakin (written by)
Release Date:
5 October 1989 (West Germany)
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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
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GREAT FILM THANKS TO THE ACTORS CHOSEN
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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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Runtime:
89 min | Finland:76 min (heavily cut) (1990) (1995)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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) |
USA:R (cut) (certificate #29751) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Australia:R |
France:-12 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
Sweden:(Banned) |
UK:18 (cut) |
West Germany:18 (cut) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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There was a scene filmed, but cut from the movie, showing Frank Castle, when he was still a cop, busting mobster Dino Morretti (the mobster he kills at the beginning). However, there are still allusions to the bust in the film. When Sam Leary introduces herself to Berkowitz, she mentions that they had worked together on the Morretti bust ("I was the hooker."). And both the DVD and VHS copies of the movie feature a still photo on the jacket of Castle in a blue jean shirt with two guns, Berkowitz, and Leary (in her hooker disguise).
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Revealing mistakes: After the Japanese henchman are shot at through the paper screen, the very last extra to be shot dies unconvincingly. He slowly drops to his knees, leans forward, and carefully places his weapon down.
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Quotes:
Frank Castle:
If you're guilty, you're dead.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Durch die Nacht mit...: Dolph Lundgren und Ralph Herforth" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Planet of Love
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The Punisher was one of the better Marvel films adapted from a comic-thanks mainly to the casting.
Dolph Lungdren was an excellent choice as The Punisher and I cannot imagine anyone else being able to play it as well as he did. His facial expressions were so convincing throughout the movie;you really could believe that he was Frank Castle, a man whose family had been butchered. It was probably one of Dolph's best roles since playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe. The Punisher is a dangerous and pessimistic character and Dolph played it great.
Louis Gossett Jr. played Jake Berkowitz who had been chasing The Punisher for years and the lovely Nancy Everhard played his sidekick.
Jeroen Krabbe played crime boss Gianni Franco and he too did a brilliant job. He wasn't the stereotypical gangster. He made Gianni Franco into an intriguing character.
The casting for this film was brilliant so all that was needed after that was lots of action. And lots of action is exactly what we got. It was very vicious at times and I found myself flinching at times but it was great action.
I do wish there had been a sequel to this film.