"The Equalizer"

[Smokey]

Is this sort of a Punisher type character?

If you remember, there was 80's TV show called The Equalizer. If the movie is based on TV show, it is a punisher type charactor

[recoveryone]

Went this weekend to see it and it was what is expected from the previews. A man trying to just live his life far away from his past, but when he see people being taken advantage of or abuse something deep inside re-emerges.

If you liked Man on Fire then this is right up your alley.