Early reviews are divided.
Given the social climate in America right now, maybe such parallels are unavoidable.
Check out a selection ofThe Punisherreviews below.
Jon Bernthal on ‘The Punisher’.Credit: Jessica Miglio/Netflix
But MarvelsThe Punisheris the first one that feels at least twice the length it should be.
(The affection that military veterans have for the character of the Punisher is along-documented one.
It makes for a charged, destabilizing dynamic, and one that Bernthal inhabits with skillful aplomb.
Liz Shannon Miller (IndieWire)
The Punishershould have premiered on Veterans Day.
But you have toactuallytake him seriously.
But you start to notice a pattern.
The shows playing this sensitive gamejust long enoughto absolve the inevitable punishing.
