‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Review: Excellently Executed With A Few Exceptions

InnovationGaming‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Review: Excellently Executed With A Few ExceptionsByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 13, 2026, 09:35am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.The Punisher: One Last KillDisneyIt was easy to miss the fact that the long-promised The Punisher: One Last Kill “special presentation” finally arrived on Disney Plus last night, as it got little fanfare and feels a bit like an afterthought. Fans were disappointed to see this wasn’t even going to be close to movie-length, more around 50 minutes, the length of a single episode of most of the Netflix/Disney Plus shows.But it works. The Punisher: One Last Kill works as a mental shift for Frank Castle, who has reached where the sidewalk ends when it comes to avenging his family after two full seasons of his own show and now some “wrap-up” kills of the Gnucci crime family, with one important exception. (Spoilers follow)That would be Ma Gnucci, who watched her entire family butchered by Frank, and now wants to play a game with him that involves putting his apartment complex and the surrounding city blocks under siege, putting a bounty on his head so every criminal is attempting to hunt him down at once. It’s a John Wick plotline with a lot more deep-throated yelling. There are also significant Dredd and The Raid vibes here, but rather than a special forces team or super cop, we have an angry man and about 50 different scavenged weapons.The Punisher: One Last KillDisneyThe Ma Gnucci set-up is a little plot-devicey. She has Frank surrounded as she announces this big plan to him when she could have had her security shoot him in the knees right there and torture him endlessly. Sending a bunch of criminals and thugs, no matter how many there are, after the l...