Marvel's The Punisher

The series the year and the role of a lifetime for Jon Bernthal, he was born to play the Punisher. I'm a bit disappointed that the main revenge took place in Daredevil and that there's no proper bad guy, but this version has something going for it too. The series is surprisingly very intimate and it's more of a drama-thriller; the action doesn't happen until the final minutes of each episode and it's obviously very brutal to realistically rendered. The Punisher is half dead at the end of each episode, barely walking, he gets a solid beating and you sympathize with him. The series benefits mainly from great acting performances, dense suspenseful scenes, a very emotional touch, excellent dialogue and brutal action, but there could have been more of it. A big plus for the beautiful government detective Amber Rose Revah, who also shows up naked and looks very good. Probably the best action scene is the one is in the Special Forces bunker and the Taliban, a great show. 90% (30/11/2017)

The Punisher returns in full force and goes over the corpses again, though he is so torn up at the end that he is not far from dead himself. Jon Bernthal is so natural in this role that I can't imagine anyone else playing the Punisher today. I was a little annoyed that Russo was back on the scene, I wouldn't have minded at all if the priest played by Josh Stewart had more space, he does great things after The Collection and is more than solid as the bad guy. Dinah Madani as always is amazing and I can't get enough of her, Mahoney is annoying but fair, and the new character Giorgia Whigham was quite annoying at the start but I grew to like her in the end. A couple of episodes were slower, but in the end I was satisfied again and the final three episodes were really packed. 90%. (07/02/2019)