A Disappointing Continuation

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

It's a basic scenario ok ... but is the acting good ? Meh... average... The best part is the interaction between the punisher and micro. It's not bad but it could be so much better

About halfway through the first season and not sure how much longer I can take it... the fast forward button is getting used more and more often.I blame the writers - this season could have been told in 8 episodes or less. Every good writer knows that every scene has to accomplish several thing at once - the two most important being character development and advancing the story. This show repeatedly gets bogged down in character development - 5 minutes of two guys talking about guitars and how they met their wives??? - that has nothing to do with the story or plot; so it just sits there, dead in the water. Don't get me wrong - I loved The Killing, which is also glacially paced, but at least they managed to maintain some tension.If they're planning a second season, they'd better hire better writers who understand the basics of storytelling.

So far the story and script were excellent! One of the best tv shows that made me thinking of the writer's nice job. Every statement and word is well thought. This covers somehow weak points, like: -how a small flame from a flamethrower scared off 2 armed policemen very quick! -Agent Madani's talks need subtitle most of times. -Casting of Frank Castle was wrong! Although I got used to him, he is much tougher than the original Punisher who was less muscular but tall and big only.

To be blunt, the best thing about The Punisher is that it's different from all the other Marvel series. There are no funny bits like in Iron Man, there is no spectecular Disney-type of environment to watch. The Punisher is raw and real. With a great background story about PTSD and an amazing performance putting down some believable worn-out soldiers from multiple actors, The Punisher is about coping with things you have no way of coping with. From episode one and beyond, it's made clear that the main character Frank Castle's punishing doesn't only reflect him going after others, but also him punishing himself. It's with great cinematic story quality that the viewer is shown the struggles going on inside his head.When there is no background story to be seen, there's another part that's unusual for most of the Marvel series. Brutal. Bloody. Violence. It's such a relief to finally see something different from the boring Iron Fist series, or every hero that has a Batman moral of not killing anybody. Here, you will see blood, gore, anger and relief. All mixed together into a beautiful first season.