Directed by:
Mark GoldblattScreenplay:
Boaz YakinCinematography:
Ian BakerComposer:
Dennis DreithCast:
Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Bryan Marshall, Nancy Everhard, Barry Otto, Lani John Tupu, Richard Carter, Todd Boyce, May Lloyd (more)Plots(1)
"The Punisher" details the abuse of the comic book antihero in his first and only screen outing. After the mafia murders his wife and children, New York cop Frank Castle disappears into the bowels of the city sewer system, planning his revenge. He spends the next couple of years stepping out of and back into the urban shadows as he picks off Gotham's big-shot Italian gangsters. Then Lady Tanaka, a fiery Japanese crime-lord, enters this grim scene and heads begin to roll. Castle initially gets a kick out of her bloody antics and the newly cannibalistic underworld. But when Tanaka and her cronies kidnap a rival's kids, Castle decides to intercede and show her exactly how killing is done in the Big Apple. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dolph Lundgren
Sweden
Best movies:
Rocky IV (1985)
The Expendables 2: Back For War (2012)
Rocky Balboa (2006) - a.f.
Louis Gossett Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
Jeroen Krabbé
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
For a Lost Soldier (1992)
Kim Miyori
USA
Best movies:
Zoot Suit (1981)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) (TV movie)
Metro (1997)
Bryan Marshall
UK
Best movies:
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Nancy Everhard
USA
Best movies:
The China Lake Murders (1990) (TV movie)
The Punisher (1989)
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Barry Otto
Australia
Best movies:
The Dressmaker (2015)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Lani John Tupu
New Zealand
Best movies:
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) (TV movie) - narrator
Lantana (2001)
The Lost World (1999) (TV movie)
Richard Carter
Best movies:
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Todd Boyce
USA
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014) (TV movie)
May Lloyd
Best movies:
The Crossing (1990)
Griff the Invisible (2010)
The Punisher (1989)
Zoska Aleece
Best movies:
Bobby Z (2007)
The Punisher (1989)
Brian McDermott
Best movies:
In Pursuit of Honor (1995) (TV movie)
Comrades (1986)
Official Denial (1993) (TV movie)
Christian Manon
France
Best movies:
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Killer Elite (2011)
Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988) (series)
Donal Gibson
USA
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Maverick (1994)
Casualties of War (1989)
Brooke Anderson
Australia
Best movies:
The Perfect Host (2010)
The Punisher (1989)
Roslyn Gentle
Australia
Best movies:
Unsung Hero (2024)
Bombshell (2019)
The Punisher (1989)