Product Description

Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) is a man who has seen too much death in his life first as a Delta Force Op and later as an FBI special agent. He has managed to beat considerable odds and is finally moving out of the field and into a normal life with his wife and son. On his final assignment Castle plays his undercover role perfectly but the operation spins out of control. This places the FBI on the wrong side of Tampa businessman Howard Saint (John Travolta) and his glamorous wife Livia (Laura Harring). Notwithstanding their glossy social profile the Saints are no genteel Florida couple; behind their copious wealth are violent beginnings underworld ties and a chilling capacity for brutality. Castle s worst nightmare is about to come true as Howard Saint and his lieutenants unleash hell at the Castle family reunion. But Castle to his everlasting torment survives. Drawing upon all he has learned in 20 years Castle sets in motion a brilliant plan to punish the murderers. He takes up residence among in a dilapidated tenement building on Tampa s industrial waterfront where his fellow tenants include Joan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) a waitress at a nearby diner who is trying to put her life back on track. Castle s neighbors become his last link to the idea of human community and warmth. It is this makeshift family forgotten men and women with no one to protect them - who enable Castle to find the one thing he least expects: redemption. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012236180524 Manufacturer No: 18052

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2571 in DVD
• Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2006-11-21
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 140 minutes

Amazon.com
The impressively muscular chest of Tom Jane is the focal point of The Punisher, a movie based on a Marvel Comics superhero. Frank Castle (Jane, Deep Blue Sea) retires from the FBI, which means--as any moviegoer expects--that his family is toast. Howard Saint (John Travolta, Face/Off), a shady Florida businessman whose son was killed in Castle's last mission, orders a hit not only on Castle's wife and child, but also on his parents and a whole bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins, and so forth. The killers shoot Castle himself in the chest, but he inexplicably survives and--as any moviegoer expects--sets out to even the score. Implausibly, given his sometimes curious and roundabout methods, he succeeds. Also featuring Will Patton (Armageddon) as an oily thug, Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive) as Saint's fleshpot wife, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (X-Men) as a waitress with bad taste in men. --Bret Fetzer

From The New Yorker
Another movie based on a Marvel comic and arguably the worst-although you could make a case for "Daredevil." A buffed-up Tom Jane stars as an F.B.I. agent who's out to avenge his murdered family. The ruthless businessman behind the killings is played by John Travolta, who sneers his way through another bad role that neglects his sexy good humor. The film's countless shootings amount to a series of thrill kills, and the director, Jonathan Hensleigh, handles the violence with a finesse worthy of "Death Wish." Depressing. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Cheap
I ordered this movie because I wanted it in HD. I have the regular DVD and I watch it more than all my other DVDs. I got it cheap and very quick.
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A worthy edition
I thought that this movie was pretty good already, but the addition of the extended scenes and the whole missing storyline was well worth the buy. The animated beginning should have never been cut from the theatrical version. This movie and the director's cut of the Abyss are two that give you the whole story. 5 stars.

punisher
The Punisher [Blu-ray]very good action packed movie and sound great on surround sound. better than most sound in theaters.