The first Punisher movie was good with the violence but the actor lacked the charisma to pull it off. The second movie the actor was great but the violence was more toned down. The Punisher is all about punishing.

The tv show was a nice blend of the two. I didn't think that the new Castle would be able to pull it off because I wasn't a fan of his in The Walking Dead. He did a decent job. I guess they were hoping to have some overlaps in shows by having characters from this show also appear in the other Marvel shows but ehhh. I think they could have skipped them.

I can see cancelling Jessica Jones because it wasn't that interesting. Canceling the Punisher was a bad choice IMO. They should have cancelled Iron Fist. Out of all the Marvel TV shows on Netflix Iron Fist is the worst. The Punisher should have stayed and Iron Fist and Jessica Jones should have gone. But it seems that they were all destined to be cancelled. Maybe Marvel wants to do their own thing.