Release
1990
Critic score
46/100
Platform families
Not announced
Editorial overview
Inside The Punisher
What it is
EVIL CAN RUN, BUT IT CAN'T HIDE!
Left for dead when his family accidentally stumbled on a Mob hit, Frank Castle refused to die. Fueled by vengeance, he now wages a one-man war on the Mob. A self-appointed judge, jury and executioner, there is no escaping his verdict. The guilty must all face... The Punisher.
Picking up a lead on a Mob front in New York, The Punisher blast into action. Join him and Nick Fury as they smash their way through the streets to take on the New York underworld. Pound some sense into street punks to gain information or pick up a flame thrower and fry them into submission. Put together the clues and if you're tough enough, you'll track down and pronounce scentence on the most notorious crime lord of them all - The Kingpin!
The premise
They call me The Punisher, because I dispense the dark side of justice the side that doesn't care for Miranda Rights, search warrants or circumstantial evidence. Members of the underworld killed my family and got away with it. I'm settling the score.
And I get paid to do it. A clandestine group finances my missions because I accomplish what the justice system can't. I eliminate drug dealers, expose corruption - I terrorize the terrorists themselves. I'm a professional vigilante, and I work in Manhattan, where many consider me a hero.
But I've got enemies. One of them is seven feet tall and weighs 450 pounds. His name is Kingpin and he's New York's undisputed head of organized crime. I've terminated his best assassins time and time again.
Now I've got a chance to nail Kingpin himself. For $500,000, an informant will reveal the fat man's location. It's a limited-time offer, so I've got to act now. If I can complete enough missions, should be able to raise the money.
Half a million bucks. That means a lot of overtime.
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