I hate to write anything that starts with THIS IS CRAP, but I'm afraid THIS IS CRAP! I have always loved The Punisher story, I loved the comics as a kid. I loved the films, and the whole antihero thing, but this rendition of the punisher is not the punisher at all, unless the punisher story has suddenly changed to, Oh how badly I had it in Afghanistan after I invaded the country, and could you all please feel so sorry for me because I have PTSD after I stoved a guys head in with a brick.

I tried real hard to like this series. I went the first four episodes, yearning for the punisher to appear, and then... nothing, punisher...less, a complete lack of punisher goodness. There is a guy who could be the punisher, but he's so wrapped up in his self-pity, military mistakes and self-loathing, alongside the endless flash-backs to Afghanistan, I may as well have been watching a painful repeat of The Hurt Locker or The Green Zone.

I'm sorry guys, but this is a terrible series. However, if you have never seen the punisher before, if you don't know the true story behind this fantastic archetypal character, then please, dive right on in and watch away, but, whatever you do, don't watch anything else written or televised about The Punisher, because you are never going to understand what is going on, because this series is NOT the Punisher, not by a very long mark.