This is hands-down one of the best written synopsis of the character I have read.

It gets to the point and outlines what's wrong with the nu-Punisher depictions.

Despite some elements of cheese, the original three Punisher films all depict a guy short on words, big on action.

I feel Ray Stevenson depicted the most mentally sound and focused version of Frank -- a guy who was on a mission and took his craft as serious as Batman. It was also the only Punisher film that showed his lair as a proper workshop to utilise the tools not just to punish, but also survive any encounters as well. It's too bad the movie itself was trash, but Stevenson and the action choreography at the end in the apartment complex was pretty top notch.

Sadly, in this lame and gay timeline we were never going to get a Stevenson kind of Punisher with an intricate story like The Dark Knight or with a plot line from Sound of Freedom; either one of those settings would have made for an awesome, timeless classic. Instead, we get mopey Punisher trying to deconstruct masculinity and vigilantism.