This was still over the top. If the tone of the short is gritty and realistic, then it should stay that way with the gore, imo. No cartoon blood sprays.
i wanted to see thomas jane in punisher war zone, because he was better actor than whoever was in that. punisher war zone was superior to that 2004 tho. mcnultu was jigsaw and the movie was over the top gore fest action shit
still best punisher is the first one from 1989 with dolph lundgren