A new standard

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2005)

this movie is everything that the punisher should have been. it takes the genre to a new level - take better than kill bill caliber fighting, badass dialogue, and some of the coolest and craziest cinematography ever and the bar has been raised. this is huge - i have a feeling that in general, movies will start getting a lot better now thanks to this masterpiece. whether it is mickey rourke feeding elijah wood to his wolf, bruce willis manually castrating nick stahl, or devon aoki going commando on some cronie's head with a shiruken, the killing is grotesque, hilarious, and brilliant. The action is the best i have ever seen and the cast is more star riddled than "outbreak." SEE IT NOW.