Punisher: War Zone

Marvel Comics' vigilante character The Punisher gets another big-screen outing in this third film incarnation of the character, this time from Green Street Hooligans director Lexi Alexander. Fueled by revenge and aided by his trusted weapons expert, Microchip (Wayne Knight), vigilante Frank Castle ...more

The world needs The Punisher. That's the general message of Lexi Alexander's brutal and bludgeoning brand new take on the Marvel hero in Punisher: War Zone. When the cops fail to take down the bad guys, Frank Castle, a.k.a. "The Punisher" (Ray Stevenson), is there to dispose of the garbage. War Zone is an entertaining bloodletting of epic proportions, and Alexander got it right. In fact, War Zone is one of the most faithful comic book adaptations to come down the pipeline since the original ...more

Third time seems to be the charm for the skull-emblazoned Marvel Comics vigilante, who punishes his way across the screen in a gory gas of squishy violence with Punisher: War Zone. Rarely have moviegoers seen such a two-fisted wrecking ball of vengeance as the one realized here by Ray Stevenson. Built like a fridge, with fists that go through faces and an arsenal to blow off any crook's head that comes near, this Punisher couldn't be more different than the Tom Jane or Dolph Lundgren ...more