Marvel's The Punisher (2017)
Marvel's The Punisher is a 2017 action & adventure series created by Steve Lightfoot. It stars Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes and Amber Rose Revah.
Frank Castle came home from war to a family, then lost them to violence. What is left is a former Marine with lethal training and nothing to lose, working methodically through the criminals responsible. Jon Bernthal plays Castle as a slab of grief and controlled fury, and the series folds his personal vendetta into a wider military conspiracy that reaches back to his own service. Grim, brutal and street-level, this Netflix corner of the Marvel world trades capes for gunmetal, asking how much violence a decent man can carry before it hollows him out completely.
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What is Marvel's The Punisher about?
Frank Castle came home from war to a family, then lost them to violence. What is left is a former Marine with lethal training and nothing to lose, working methodically through the criminals responsible. Jon Bernthal plays Castle as a slab of grief and controlled fury, and the series folds his personal vendetta into a wider military conspiracy that reaches back to his own service. Grim, brutal and street-level, this Netflix corner of the Marvel world trades capes for gunmetal, asking how much violence a decent man can carry before it hollows him out completely.
When was Marvel's The Punisher released?
Marvel's The Punisher was released on 17 November 2017.
How many episodes does Marvel's The Punisher have?
Marvel's The Punisher has 26 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made Marvel's The Punisher?
Marvel's The Punisher was created by Steve Lightfoot.
Where can I watch Marvel's The Punisher?
Marvel's The Punisher is available on Disney+, Google Play, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Marvel's The Punisher
Stream: Disney+
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher
- Ben Barnes as Billy Russo
- Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani
- Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as David Lieberman / Micro
- Daniel Webber as Lewis Wilson
- Paul Schulze as William Rawlins
- Josh Stewart as John Pilgrim
- Michael Nathanson as Sam Stein
- Jaime Ray Newman as Sarah Lieberman
- Floriana Lima as Dr. Krista Dumont
- Giorgia Whigham as Amy Bendix
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A few thoughts on Marvel's The Punisher
Follow Castle's warpath into Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Last of Us, both violent reckonings by men protecting or avenging their own. The animated The Punisher: One Last Kill keeps the same skull on a fresh mission, while Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War scratches the military-conspiracy itch.
Marvel's grittiest street-level heroes
The Punisher trades capes for gunmetal in the grim corner of Marvel's Netflix world. These street-level series keep the same bruised, blood-on-the-knuckles tone, following heroes who work the alleys and back rooms of the city, take real damage, and carry the weight of the people they could not save.
Soldiers hunting the conspiracy that betrayed them
Frank Castle's vendetta reaches back into his own military service and a wider conspiracy. These stories give former soldiers the same fuel, sending trained operators after the institutions and men who used them up, with the mission turning personal the deeper they dig into who is really pulling the strings.
Bleak worlds where survival costs everything
The Punisher asks how much violence a decent man can carry before it hollows him out. These grim titles sit in that same moral murk, following hardened people through brutal, unforgiving worlds where every act of survival leaves a mark and nobody walks away clean.
Manga where fighters weigh the cost of violence
Jon Bernthal plays Castle as grief wearing a trigger finger. These manga circle the same question in ink, following swordsmen and soldiers who are lethally good at killing and increasingly haunted by what that skill has cost them and the people around them.