- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 103 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon ... see all
- Director: Lexi Alexander
- Plot: After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw.
User Reviews
Great Action Movie
Mar 13, 2009
Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
Mar 13, 2009Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
The Punisher Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) watches on the news that the aged patriarch of the Cesare mafia family was considered not guilty in his trial after the death of the prosecution's main witness. Frank goes to Cesare's mansion, where the... Full review
About as good as a bad movie can get
Jan 08, 2009
simon-prometheus - imdb.com
Jan 08, 2009simon-prometheus - imdb.com
The newest Punisher movie lies at about the extreme of how good a bad movie can get; so bad it's good should be this movies motto. I enjoyed the previous Punisher movie with Thomas Jane as a guilty pleasure and it... Full review
War Zone it is!
Dec 09, 2008
DJ_Clement - imdb.com
Dec 09, 2008DJ_Clement - imdb.com
This is THE movie that most Punisher fans have been craving since the awful Dolph Lundgren movie, and even the admirable attempt that was the Tom Jane movie.. Ray Stevenson IS The Punisher. His look is dead-on nailed to what the... Full review
Ultimate action movie
Dec 07, 2008
dkbhanu - imdb.com
Dec 07, 2008dkbhanu - imdb.com
Roger Egbert was spot on when he wrote - ""The Punisher: War Zone" is one of the best-made bad movies I've seen". Viewed independently, it is an ultimate men's movie and more fun to watch than all Steven Seagal movies put... Full review
Exactly what you'd want in a Punisher movie
Dec 06, 2008
cbhoov1 - imdb.com
Dec 06, 2008cbhoov1 - imdb.com
I saw this a couple hours ago in Fullerton, CA. I was a reader of the comic, and am a fan of what we've seen from Marvel lately. This movie is just what I wanted, and what I expected. Ray Stevenson... Full review
Hands Down one of the Best Punisher adaption, and one of the best comic movies ever!
Dec 06, 2008
wrathchild1387 - imdb.com
Dec 06, 2008wrathchild1387 - imdb.com
Just got back from this tonight and I was not disappointed! This is a better adaption then the 2004 version and 1989 version. For me, Ray Stevenson is THE PUNISHER!!!!I like Dolph and Tom's interpretation are good (though Tom Jane's performance... Full review
The best Punisher movie so far.
Dec 05, 2008
ChadH - yahoo.com
Dec 05, 2008ChadH - yahoo.com
Sorry folks it's true this is the best one yet. It is the closets a Punisher film had come to the comic. Especially The Garth Ennis and early Punisher War Zone comics of the 90's. Its got some camp in it... Full review
Punisher is awesomely horrible movie!!!!
Dec 05, 2008
BrianP - yahoo.com
Dec 05, 2008BrianP - yahoo.com
For those of you who hate this movie for the bad acting, the horrible plot or ridiculousness of the movie, then you came to this movie expecting ALOT. I was not expecting much, and just absolutley loved the film. It was... Full review
A movie for the fans, not the critics
Dec 05, 2008
kisskide - imdb.com
Dec 05, 2008kisskide - imdb.com
Just came back from watching the movie and I was definitely pleased. I was a bit worried that I would be let down after reading some of the early reviews, my suspicious about the reviewers not understanding the character were confirmed... Full review
The best Punisher movie so far.
Dec 05, 2008
badfinger17 - yahoo.com
Dec 05, 2008badfinger17 - yahoo.com
Sorry folks it's true this is the best one yet. It is the closets a Punisher film had come to the comic. Especially The Garth Ennis and early Punisher War Zone comics of the 90's. Its got some camp in it... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 26, 2009Monsters and Critics
I liked him even less after this movie.....There are so many awesome cheer moments in this movie I went slightly hoarse by the end!....I jumped out of my seat cheering at this perfect button to the story I'd just watched..... ... Full Review
| Mar 26, 2009Monsters and Critics
However with this film, the portrayal was so great....Not only is she friggin hot....I liked him even less after this movie.....There are so many awesome cheer moments in this movie I went slightly hoarse by the end!....The commentary, as I've illustrated, has loads of great information and fun anecdotal material from the director and her Director of Photography, Steve Gainer..... ... Full Review
| Mar 24, 2009Monsters and Critics
The movie looks great on Blu-ray....Along with Hutchison, he constantly overacts and comes off as simply goofy.....It is pretty straightforward and predictable with Punisher accidentally killing an undercover cop;....some of the killing scenes seem extremely fake (such as the Punisher pushing his fist through a guy's face).....would recommend it to any Punisher comic fan..... ... Full Review
| Mar 24, 2009NewsOK.com
The Punisher is portrayed by Ray Stevenson, best-known for HBO's "Rome..... ... Full Review
| Mar 24, 2009Monsters and Critics
The movie looks great on Blu-ray....Along with Hutchison, he constantly overacts and comes off as simply goofy.....It is pretty straightforward and predictable with Punisher accidentally killing an undercover cop;....some of the killing scenes seem extremely fake (such as the Punisher pushing his fist through a guy's face).....would recommend it to any Punisher comic fan..... ... Full Review
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Get your damn dirty hands off these franchises!
msn.com –
2009-05-08
'Punisher' (2004)/'Punisher: War Zone' (2008) It almost seems as if filmmakers were playing a Bizarro World game of "can you top this?" with movies involving comic book vigilante Frank Castle. ... Full Article
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2009-03-24
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2009-03-24

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