Polt summary (no spoilers): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330793/plotsummary
This was R-rated and I gave it a 3/5. Rated R for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity by the MPAA. The 3/5 was for the good action, basis of a Marvel comic book character and followable plot of Hummurabi's Law or in this case family for family. The deducations were for the R-rating and some what undesirable ending.
The basic outline was that the "Punisher", an ex-FBI agent named Frank Castle (Thomas Jane), goes away to celebrate his retirement and celebrate with family and friends. But unknown to him was that on his last mission the son of a powerful drug lord and corrupt businessman (John Travolta as Howard Saint) was killed. So Saint decides to take matters into his own hands and orders the assasination of not only Frank Castle but also Castle's whole family (as wished by Saint's wife Livia Saint played by Laura Harring). After taking out Castle's family, Frank Castle miraculously survives and seeks refuge with an off-shore fishermen while he recovers. Once he does he rents an apartment where he spends most of his days drinking and most of his nights seeking revenge on the Saint's family. But inbetween he meets and develops a friendship with his aprtment neighbors which gets put to the test towards the end of the movie. Castle uses decept, manipulation, espoinage and a person on the inside to take down the Saint's family (and their workers) one by one. The story has a short show-off between Castle and Mr. Saint at the end decides the outcome of the movie and what Castle will do for the rest of his life.
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