I know this is not a movie, but I think I'm going to broaden my horizons. No need for a real nerd to leave out such excellent stories as the comic book series' on Netflix and other providers. That being said, watch this series!!!!
Jon Bernthal was born to play this role. I haven't always liked him in the films I've seen him in, but he is really very good in this. The Punisher, in my opinion has always been given weird attention. Either too much praise or not enough. The Thomas Jane version was not well received, although I thought his performance was superb. The story may have been lacking, but his performance was not. This time you get a great performance combined with a Garth Ennis style writing of his character. Bernthal delivers on the Ennis type genius with a performance that is both violent and saddening.
The Ennis story line took place in Vietnam whereas this version is updated to Afghanistan. As usual, Marvel studios takes some liberties with some of the lesser known characters, but nothing too out of line. There is also a political aspect to this series that is very well done and surprising. I also love the foreshadowing we are fed throughout the series. Like Billy always commenting or being told about his good looks. Fans of the comic will easily be able to guess what lies in his future.
We do get revisit many characters from other Marvel Netflix series like Karen Page, Detective Mahoney, and Turk Barrett. We also are introduced to the brilliant Micro. And finally he is done so very well as to make us comic fans happy. There are great parallels drawn between Frank and Micro in this series. It sets up a great brotherhood between the two thats not always so easily seen.
This series is a full 13 episodes, but is really well done, much like the other Netflix series'. There is some pretty extreme violence, which brought about many protests, so its not for the young or feint of heart. Definitely not for anyone under 15. I hope you don't expect any filler episodes here, it is a thrill ride from beginning to end. Very highly recommended.
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