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Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- This is the first theatrical trailer for Punisher: War Zone, directed by Lexi Alexander.
Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- Former FBI Agent Frank Castle travels to New York to fight the criminal underworld.
Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- Third incarnation in the film series based on the vigilante comic book character
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   17,859 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Nick Santora (written by) and
Art Marcum (written by) ...
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Release Date:
5 December 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Vengeance has a name.
Plot:
After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw. | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
The First True Punisher Film is not for People with Weak Stomachs, but Extreme Action Lovers Will have a Hell of a Good Time! more (221 total)

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Also Known As:
The Punisher 2 (USA) (working title)
The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank (USA) (working title)
The Untitled Punisher Sequel (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence, language and some drug use.
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103 min
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Trivia:
Dominic West originally passed on the villain role of Jigsaw. Paddy Considine was in talks to play the role, when Dominic West came back and accepted to play the part. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: While killing Pittsy, Punisher is clearly holding a dummy, not a real girl. more
Quotes:
Pittsy: He didn't mean anything by it, sometimes he opens his mouth without thinking. Sorry about that, Billy.
Billy Russoti: Billy is dead. From now on... you call me Jigsaw.
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References The Punisher (2004) more
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Is Joan, Dave, or Bumpo mentioned in this film?
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139 out of 216 people found the following review useful.
The First True Punisher Film is not for People with Weak Stomachs, but Extreme Action Lovers Will have a Hell of a Good Time!, 5 December 2008
10/10
Author: Dave Kaminskas (Cyber256702000@yahoo.com) from Royal Oak, MI

The Punisher has been portrayed twice on film so far. First in the 80's flick with Dolph Lundgren and more recently in the 2004 flick with Thomas Jane. While both were OK in parts the movies as a whole just weren't that good. Being a huge fan of the comic series I have always felt that they had never pushed the violence far enough for a Punisher film. He was always to restrained. So how did the third attempt at a Punisher film work? Lets see...

Punisher: War Zone starts a few years after the death of Frank Castle's family. Since than he has been killing mobsters at a steady rate and the police see him more as a help than a hindrance..although they won't admit it. When the Punisher fails to kill an up and coming mobster named Billy Russoti, Billy decides to start a war against the Punisher and he won't quit until the Punisher is dead.

While the story may seem fairly basic it serves its purpose perfectly. This is the ultimate Punisher movie. There are more bullets and blood in this movie the most action movies and the action never lets up.

Acting is well done by everyone. While I like Thomas Jane as an actor I think Ray Stevenson is a better Punisher. Dominic West is good as Jigsaw, but I felt he might have hammed it up a bit in a few scenes.

Lexi Alexander has made the quintessential Punisher film that dares to show you the gritty world of the Punisher without shying away from all the gore. I can only hope that a sequel will be on the way soon.

Fans of the Punisher comics and extreme action lovers will eat this up, but know that this is not a movie for kids or people who can't take a ton of gore.

*** out of ****

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