Punisher: War Zone

2008

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War

105
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 110 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 70523 70.5K

fbi superhero based on comic broken neck military uniform wall safe

Director

Lexi Alexander Photo
Lexi Alexander

Top cast

Mark Camacho Photo
Mark Camacho as Pittsy
David Vadim Photo
David Vadim as Cristu Bulat
Ron Lea Photo
Ron Lea as Captain Ross
John Dunn-Hill Photo
John Dunn-Hill as Cesare
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
942.98 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 7
1.89 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 42

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by merlinsk 7 / 10

A much better film than it's box office take suggests

I suspect this film was victim to the old (pre-Deadpool) rule of PG13 superhero movies being the only ones to bring a profit, even if it diluted the source material so much that the character's spirit was lost.Punisher was, and is, a violent character - I remember my dad being extremely disapproving of my teenage self reading it due to its violence, and he isn't generally a prude.The previous Punisher movies are both watered down for a more mainstream audience, but if Punisher fans want a movie that captures the grittiness, personal torment and sheer unadulterated vengeance meated out by Frank Castle then this is it!The movie probably also suffered from poor marketing - I for one had never heard of it, I bought it as part of a double DVD box set with it's more well known predecessor and I was sceptical of what I perceived to be a straight-to-video b-movie barrel of pants. How wrong I was. It's less "Hollywood", more realistic, more violent, darker, grittier and morally murky - everything the character deserves.The villains do suffer from the pre-MCU superhero movie tendency towards camp over-acted hamminess and the acting credentials of those portraying them suggests to me that this was a director driven decision rather than the actors personal choice and, given the overall grittiness of the film it does seem a little incongruous but when you consider this was the norm for this genre before Iron Man came along then it can be forgiven, as can the unnecessarily inept cop that seems to have been inserted as an attempt at a comedic character to lighten the mood and it is to Dash Mihok's credit that the character still remains likeable despite the Lt. Frank Drebin/Clouseau-esque material he was given to work with.Fans of The Punisher comics should definitely see this movie, fans of the other Punisher movies should watch it to get a truer sense of the source material and Marvel should bring Frank Castle into a Deadpool movie to bring the character into the MCU movie arena rather than relegated to the Netflix series - the potential for a successful portrayal of the darkness and violence of Punisher in a post-Deadpool superhero universe is just waiting to be tapped. In the meantime - watch this.
Reviewed by joearmitage-22503 6 / 10

Most comic accurate of all punishers movies

This is one of those films where you expect nothing from it and get pleasantly surprised. Ray Stevenson in my opinion has been the best version of Francis castellione to date - he captures his nihilism, physicality and looks.Skipping past the origin story of why castle became the punisher and instead jumping into his eternal battle with crime and his internal struggle with himself. Action sequences are solid with some nice gore - straight from the pages of grant Morrisons comic run and it's good to see a villain like jigsaw on screen - played brilliantly by Dominic west.All in all it's a leave your brain at the door decent actioner that you feel with the right budget and better writers could of been an 8 or 9/10.
Reviewed by

Read more IMDb reviews

6 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment