The Punisher (movie)
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The Punisher is a 1989 movie starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, directed by Mark Goldblatt from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. It is based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher.
It was filmed in Sydney, Australia and also featured Lou Gossett Jr, Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard and Barry Otto.
The Punisher is also a 2004 movie, again based on the Marvel Comics character, starring Thomas Jane as the Punisher and John Travolta as the gangster who orders the death of Frank Castle's family.
Plot summary (1989)
Five years after his family was murdered in a mob hit, the thought-dead police officer Frank Castle (Dolph Lundgren) has become a vigilante known as "The Punisher." Living in the sewers and waging a one-man war against organized crime, his only friend is an old alcoholic named Shakes (Barry Otto). Meanwhile, the Mafia, headed by Franco (Jeroen Krabbé), begins a violent turf war with the Yakuza, led by Lady Tanaka (Kim Miyori). The Punisher is called into duty to stop the war and save a group of innocent children kidnapped by the Yakuza, while Castle's former partner Jake Berkowitz (Lou Gossett Jr.) and his new partner (Nancy Everhard) seek out the mysterious Punisher to ask him why he would punish the guilty.
Plot summary (2004)
Special Agent Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) had it all: a loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.
Frank Castle is a man who has seen too much death. On his final assignment, Castle plays his undercover role perfectly, but the operation spins out of control and a young man, Bobby Saint (James Carpinello), is inadvertently killed. Inflamed by the death of their son, the Saints are willing to risk their newfound legitimacy on a wholesale mission of blood-vengeance. Castle's worst nightmare is about to come true, as Howard Saint (John Travolta) and his lieutenants unleash hell at the Castle family reunion. But Castle, to his everlasting torment, survives. Until this moment, he has spent his entire life adhering strictly to the law. However, experience has taught him that the law cannot adequately penalize the people who murdered his family. Drawing upon all he has learned in 20 years, Castle sets in motion a plan to punish the murderers.