“復讐ではない、戒め<パニッシュ>だ。”
密輸品取引現場に踏み込んだFBIにより、裏社会の大物セイントの息子ボビーが射殺される。憤怒したセイントは裏切り者を捜さんと、潜入捜査をしていたFBIのフランクを見つけ出す。家族を守るために転任を決意し、束の間の休暇を楽しんでいたフランクだが、そこへセイントの追っ手が現われ、妻子を殺されてしまう。ただひとり生き残ったフランクだが絶望の中から立ち上がり、闇の私刑執行人“パニッシャー”へと生まれ変わる。
製作費: $33,000,000 (50億円)
興行収入: $54,700,105 (82億円)
推定収支: $21,700,105 (33億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
監督: ジョナサン・ヘンズリー
脚本: Michael France / ジェリー・コンウェイ / ジョナサン・ヘンズリー
音楽: Carlo Siliotto
制作: アヴィ・アラッド / ゲイル・アン・ハード / ケヴィン・ファイギ
撮影監督: Conrad W. Hall
制作会社: Lions Gate Films / VIP Medienfonds 3 / Valhalla Motion Pictures / Marvel Enterprises / VIP 2 Medienfonds
Thomas Jane and John Travolta are good in this, but man is The Punisher one stupid movie. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief quite a bit but how is it a gangster assassin doesn't double tap and headshot their target when they have them at point blank? This mafia family soon proves to be one of the dumbest in all of gangster cinema, leaving their loved ones completely open to be followed by Frank Castle, falling for a really terrible manipulation scheme, and how did they find out where Frank Castle's apartment was? This is the kind of try-hard movie that Hollywood makes every so often when they have a revenge story script, an alpha-male protagonist, and all the rights to heavy metal tracks. It tries so hard to be cool and fails so spectacularly it's actually painful to watch.
**The Punisher avoids the comic book cheese of the era and grounds its story in a realistic revenge tale that fits the character perfectly.** Jon Bernthal might have been the perfect actor to play the Punisher, but Thomas Jane was a close second. Rather than getting all wrapped up in the comic universe, The Punisher (2004) keeps its story contained in a more realistic world and focuses on the transformation of Frank Castle into the Punisher. The cast of this movie is filled with exceptional talent, and the plot is a carefully crafted revenge that unfolds as the film progresses, with an excellent payoff at the end. Some parts are cheesy and larger than life, but overall, the movie stays true to The Punisher's dark and grounded roots. Out of all the interpretations of The Punisher in films and shows over the years, this one is my favorite and the standard by which I compare every new Punisher.
