2008's Punisher: War Zone is the third attempt at bringing Marvel's infamous anti-hero to the big screen, after a bargain-basement 1989 adaptation and a 2004 picture with Thomas Jane. While this reviewer enjoyed the Jane incarnation, it underperformed at the box office, though its strong home video performance prompted sequel talks. P... read more
Description:Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to tWaging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.... (more)(less)
2008's Punisher: War Zone is the third attempt at bringing Marvel's infamous anti-hero to the big screen, after a bargain-basement 1989 adaptation and a 2004 picture with Thomas Jane. While this reviewer enjoyed the Jane incarnation, it underperformed at the box office, though its strong home video performance prompted sequel talks. Production on the sequel was continually delayed, which resulted in Jane departing and a whole new creative team coming on-board to reboot the Punisher series once again. One of the complaints that greeted 2004's The Punisher was its lack of actual punishing, and it seems that director Lexi Alexander heard those cries from the comic book fanboys, as War Zone is filled with carnage. Unfortunately, the st” read more
"Katsottu 21.10.2012 DVD
Ray Stevenson yrittää sitä, missä Thomas Jane epäonnistui, nimittäin Marvelin sarjakuvahahmo Punisherin päivittämisessä nykyaikaan Dolph Lundgrenin kasariäksönin ajoista. Nihilistinen, armoa tuntematon Punisher tai Tuomari (suomennoksesta riippuen) on säälimätön tappaja, yksioikoinen koston sokaisema äijänköriläs lähes yli-inhimillisillä sotilaan taidoilla varustettuna. Kosto on 99 prosentissa kaikissa toimintaelokuvissa päämotiiviina ja katalysaat"
"Here's another movie that isn't meant to be taken too seriously. I actually saw a similar point between this and Death Race with Jason Statham, but because I've Punisher the most recently, that's the one I'm going to talk about. I've heard a lot of people talk about the Punisher movie with Thomas Kane, but I never hear anyone mention this one. Maybe the one I saw was poorly advertised, I don't know. But for whatever reason, this is the one I know. And what I got out of it was a fun shoot-'e"