This gritty tale of revenge and redemption stars Thomas Jane as Frank Castle, who as the unstoppable vigilante The Punisher introduces to the big screen one of Marvel's top-selling comic characters. The former Delta Force Op and FBI special agent is set to leave his violent life behind when an operation goes wrong and the son of businessman and underworld bigwig Howard Saint (John Travolta) is killed. The vengeful Saint engineers the murder of Castle's family, which leads Castle into a fierce ongoing battle with Saint's hired thugs. But his life's work has begun: As The Punisher, he will provide justice for ordinary people and exact retribution from society's villains. Co-starring Laura Harring as Howard Saint's vengeful wife and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as a woman climbing back from a troubled past.