The Punisher

Year: 1989

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: English

Director: Mark Goldblatt

ActionThrillerDramaCrimeCrime drugs and gangsters

After a mafia car bomb murders his family, veteran cop Frank Castle disappears, rumored to have become the Punisher, a vigilante haunting the city’s sewers and slaughtering mob bosses. When his former partner discovers the truth and a gang war threatens civilians, Castle resurfaces to protect the innocent.

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