The Punisher 1989 Film Review
The Punisher is a 1989 Film starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, directed by Mark Goldblatt from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. It is loosely based on the Marvel Comics' character the Punisher. The film changes many details of the comic book origin and the main character does not wear the trademark "skull". The Punisher was filmed in Sydney, Australia and also featured Louis Gossett, Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard and Barry Otto.
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Plot (The Punisher 1989)
Frank Castle is the city's most wanted, and most mysterious, vigilante, known as "The Punisher". He has killed 125 people in the last 5 years. Castle is an ex-police officer, whose family was murdered in a mob hit. Living in the sewers and waging a one-man war against organized crime, his only friend is an old alcoholic
named Shake, who speaks in rhyme for reasons unexplained. Now legally
declared dead, Castle strikes back from beyond the grave, killing
mobsters wherever he can find them. Due to his war against them, the Mafia
families have weakened, forcing one of the family leaders, Gianni
Franco, to come in and take control. Franco has a plan to bring the
families together as one unit. This, however, has attracted the
attention of the Yakuza,
Asia's most powerful crime syndicate. Led by Lady Tanaka, the Yakuza
decide to take over the Mafia families and all of their interests. In
order to sway the mobsters to their cause, they kidnap their children
and hold them for ransom.
Shake pleads with the Punisher to save the children, who are likely
to be sold into childhood slavery regardless of whether the Mafia give
into the demands. While he is able to save most of the children with a
.45 Thompson M1928
submachine gun, the Mafia leader's son is taken away to the Yakuza
headquarters. Furthermore, the Punisher is taken into custody by the
police, only to be freed by Franco's men. Franco persuades the Punisher
to help him save his son, and stop the Japanese
criminal underworld from taking root in America. Franco and the Punisher raid the Yakuza headquarters, fight and kill all the Yakuza,
including Lady Tanaka and her daughter. Upon being reunited with his
son, Franco betrays the Punisher in an effort to kill him, but the
Punisher wins the duel, killing Franco. As the police arrive, Castle
warns Franco's son not to follow the sins of his father, and vanishes
from the scene.
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Cast
- Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle / The Punisher
- Louis Gossett, Jr. as Jake Berkowitz
- Jeroen Krabbé as Gianni Franco
- Kim Miyori as Lady Tanaka
- Bryan Marshall as Dino Moretti
- Nancy Everhard as Sam Leary
- Barry Otto as Shake
- Brian Rooney as Tommy Franco
- Zoshka Mizak as Tanaka's daughter
- Larry McCormick as TV newsreader
- Kenji Yamaki as Sato
- Todd Boyce as Terrone
- Hirofumi Kanayama as Tomio
- Lani John Tupu as Laccone
- John Negroponte as Musso
Development and Production
To give the film a further sense of realism, two Karate martial artists from Japan were used in place of stunt men for some of the fight scenes with Lundgren.
The film was given a worldwide theatrical release, except in the United States, Sweden, and South Africa. The film was originally slated for a US release in August 1989;
trailers were created by New World promoting the film and the film was
shown at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Sci-fi Convention. However the
film never received a theatrical release in the United States due to New
World's financial difficulties and instead was released direct-to-video
(VHS and Laserdisc) in 1991. It finally premiered at the 2008 Escapism
Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina where director Mark Goldblatt screened his own personal 35mm print (which he showed again in 2009 at the Dolph Lundgren Film Fest hosted by the New Beverly theater).
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