Synopsis
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 take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
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Cast
- Ray StevensonFrank Castle / The Punisher
- Dominic WestBilly Russoti / Jigsaw
- Stephanie JanusauskasGrace Donatelli
- Julie BenzAngela Donatelli
- Colin SalmonPaul Budiansky
- Doug HutchisonLoony Bin Jim
- Dash MihokMartin Soap
- Wayne KnightMicro
- Mark CamachoPittsy
- Romano OrzariNicky
Recommendations
- 58
Entertainment Weekly
Dominic West (The Wire) plays a facially mutilated Mob boss as if he's in a broad SNL sketch. - 50
Village Voice
The script isn't what matters here: This is a slasher movie with guns, and, uh, huh-huh, that's pretty cool. - 50
Variety
Along with torrents of gore, Punisher: War Zone has moments that are deliriously funny, because the violence is so awful and so casual. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
It looks great, it hurtles through its paces and is well-acted. The soundtrack is like elevator music if the elevator were in a death plunge. The special effects are state of the art. Its only flaw is that it's disgusting. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The film works a bit better than the 2004 "Punisher" installment, the one starring surly, dislikable Thomas Jane as Frank Castle. - 40
Austin Chronicle
The blood and gore quotients of Punisher: War Zone are extremely high and are sure to sop the appetites of the series' fans and virtual bloodlusters. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
So unrelentingly violent that all but teen boys might as well stay home. - 25
The A.V. Club
This is junk, a bunch of hard-R action scenes kept together by the thinnest of plots.
