Review of The Punisher

I liked the recent Punisher movies. I liked War Zone for it's extreme violence and I liked the Thomas Jane version for the character himself. Now I am curious and decided to check out the original Dolph Lundgren version. I see that this is noted as Brendan Gleeson's very first time on-screen so that's pretty cool. Although his part is small and probably goes unnoticed if you aren't looking for or expecting him. So the fact that he doesn't have his trademark skull shirt kind of makes this just another random revenge story rather than a Punisher story. The action is pretty good for 1989. Some of the script is actually decent and I saw some things I haven't seen before which is good. The back story was probably the weakest out of all 3 Punisher movies. I liked the sidekick guy and thought he was kind of funny. Why did Frank Castle look so sickly though? Was that their way of showing the skull was with Dolph Lundgren's makeup? Anyways it was a decent action flick.