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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2120205" data-attributes="member: 99">I REALLY did not like the recent Punisher movie and it isn't because I didn't want to.It felt to me like they just could not pick a mood for this thing and stick with it.  It started with the gruesome and dark murder of his whole extended family (though some of the action was a bit campy) but they interject some rather lame comic relief with the neighbors.  Then the fight with The Russian was just plain goofy and cartoonish, like something from Popeye.  If that dude had had a gun then the fight would logically have been over in seconds but instead it was "I'll throw him through another wall."  Silly. That was IMMEDIATELY followed by the incredibly gruesome torture scene with them ripping out the dude's piercings with pliers.  The ending was ok but I hated the skull pattern of the fire (though if the rest of the movie had been better this certainly would not have ruined it for me).If the theme had been just "Dark, Gritty, Ruthless Revenge" then I'd have been fine with that.  If it had been "Over The Top Action With Moments of Levity" that would have been ok too though perhaps not really in keeping with the Punisher theme.  As it was I just couldn't settle in and enjoy the movie beacuse it kept shifting gears on me.Hopefully the next one will be better but don't count on me being in line outside the theatre.</blockquote>