The Punisher

Midnight subway shudder. A duffel bag of grenades gleams under a flickering fluorescent tube. Two gangs carve up the wet pavement above while a single cop, face half-bandaged, picks through rubble for justice. Somewhere between Death Wish and Taxi Driver, vengeance gets a night shift.

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Mark Goldblatt directed The Punisher in 1989. See Mark Goldblatt's full filmography, where to start with Mark Goldblatt, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mark Goldblatt.

The Punisher was released in 1989 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 89 minutes.