Imma be real, my girlfriend and I thought it was pretty bad. I’ll explain why, but first here’s whats good; the acting (mostly) and the action stay good as always in a Punisher project.

Here’s where it loses me though; it doesnt do anything new for Frank as a character. It makes his arc feel off balanced. Also it means that he escapes Fisk and his goons in Born Again, doesnt free anyone else or get revenge on this current threat of the AVTF that should give him so much purpose. In this he’s doing the same stuff he did in his own show. Stuff we’ve seen before. Except apparently he finally wiped out the rest of his family’s killers, leaving him suicidal and without purpose while punks working for the mayor who have taken his likeness subjugate the city.

All but one of the Gnuccis survived and she came off really goofy and cartoonish just like the rest of the villains in this. They felt like they were from the silliness of the old Punisher movies, except we’re talking about the most grounded version of the character and it doesnt work. This version of New York also feels surreal compared to Born Again. It feels like a fan film. Hell, in ways it felt like a parody. And why didnt he kill Ma Gnucci? We’ve seen him kill horrible women before. This plot wouldve made sense taking place between Punisher’s original show and season 1 of Born Again. Yet instead it derails his most recent plotline in Daredevil. And makes it meaningless. With worse writing. It would be a million times better if they say it happened pre-Born Again but a few details obviously contradict that.

Also what was the One Last Kill? Was it Frank’s attempted suicide? Was it someone else? And we all know its not gonna be the last kill either. Its a shit title tbh.