Punisher: War Zone

Punisher: War Zone (2008)

  • 27% of critics liked it
    (101 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (130,682 ratings)

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… More

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Dec 5, 2008 Wide
Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

  • Nigel Floyd, Time Out

    'Oh God, now I've got brains spattered all over me,' exclaims The Punisher's slippery inside man, Detective Soap. You may feel the same at the end of this messy, sadistic reboot of the Marvel comic-book series.

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    This was a terrible movie.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    Hopefully it's three strikes and you're out for The Punisher, as this latest attempt at creating another comic book franchise will prove once and for all that maybe this character just doesn't deserve the big screen treatment.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    At one point, the Punisher is asked who punishes him. The better question for those who made this inane bloodfest is: Why punish us?

  • Mark Rahner, Seattle Times

    The ultraviolent third stab at Marvel's homicidal vigilante is the best and closest to the source material.

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  • Anthony L


    Wait a minute, the original Punisher was a cheesy 80's action film that had little to do with the comics, the remake had a big name cast but a terrible story and again, had little to do with the comic. Punisher:War Zone, the sequel to the remake should be worst of all right?… More

  • Jeff "


    As far as the Punisher films are concerned, this film has got to be the most accomplished, action packed and over the top film of three films. This is a pure pop corn flick, one that has a pretty decent story, but never anything great. However this film delivers a solid hour and a… More

  • Phil H


    This starts out with a brilliant gun battle...really cool stuff, reminisant of a sequence in 'The Crow', it really got me geared up for a good film but alas after this great shoot out the film really slows down and even gets abit boring through the middle. Nothing that much… More

  • Ken S


    Very silly, and fairly entertaining. The church scene makes my camera bits all tingly.

  • Jens S


    Marvel's most violent vigilante, The Punisher, gets another reboot with this film, even though the version with Thomas Jane was far from bad. Neither is this, it just feels all around unnecessary. The good news is: Ray Stevenson is a convincing, tight-lipped Frank Castle, who… More

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