As a Marvel movie there is a lot here to marvel at. What it needed was a sequel. I think a sequel would have been very successful at the box office. But instead we got a couple of reboots, neither of which is bad, just not particularly good like this movie is. The Punisher is for all intent and purposes dead. Killed by the culture. The creator of it himself is trying to alienate his very fan base. The Punisher is developing into something that he doesn't like, per se. I think that some of the actions taken to sort of weed out potential toxic fans has given the entire thing a bad aftertaste like aspartame. Everyone knows this is a shame.