Marvel's The Punisher
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2017 · Adventure / Crime / Drama

Marvel's The Punisher

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.

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A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.

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@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-20 05:00 UTC

I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than Marvel's The Punisher.

@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-25 04:00 UTC

Watched Marvel's The Punisher so you don't have to. You're welcome.

@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-27 10:00 UTC

The science in Marvel's The Punisher has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

@RATIO_RAT2026-01-28 07:00 UTC

Marvel's The Punisher: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.

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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 4.3k points

Hot Take: Marvel's The Punisher's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Look, I wanted to love Marvel's The Punisher. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/boxoffice · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.5k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Marvel's The Punisher actually is?

Just got out of Marvel's The Punisher and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/boxoffice · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.1k points

The cinematography in Marvel's The Punisher is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Rewatched Marvel's The Punisher last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.7k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Marvel's The Punisher?

Director clearly thought Marvel's The Punisher was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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