Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disapointing if not entirley unexpected

This film is not bad. When comic books are adapted to the movies this will always be a case of hit and miss. Thomas Jane is not one of those misses, he gives an edgy, linear performance, but has not conveyed the tragedy of the Punisher. The woeful screenplay does not help his cause much.I question why this film is not set in New York, most probably to avoid comparison to Spider-Man and Daredevil. This avoidance only highlights the weakness in the story. The lack of any credible antagonist e.g. the Kingpin weakens the film even more.It must be remembered that the two writers, Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France, were responsible for writing screen plays for "The Saint", and "The Hulk" respectively. This bodes no good omen.If you want to see a good adaption of a vigilante from Marvel Comics, watch "Daredevil". If your desire is that of gunplay of the exceptional quality watch John Woo's "The Killer". I very much doubt the makers of this film did either.