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Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- This is the first theatrical trailer for Punisher: War Zone, directed by Lexi Alexander.
Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- Former FBI Agent Frank Castle travels to New York to fight the criminal underworld.
Punisher: War Zone (2008) -- Third incarnation in the film series based on the vigilante comic book character
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Nick Santora (written by) and
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Release Date:
5 December 2008 (USA) more
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Vengeance has a name.
Plot:
After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw. | full synopsis
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Also Known As:
The Punisher 2 (USA) (working title)
The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank (USA) (working title)
The Untitled Punisher Sequel (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence, language and some drug use.
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103 min
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The character 'Maginty' comes from the Punisher story arc "Kitchen Irish" and the character 'Cristu Balat' comes from the story arc "The Slavers." more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: This movie is a reboot and not a sequel to The Punisher (2004), so any differences between the two movies are not necessarily continuity errors. more
Quotes:
Martin Soap: [after Agent Budiansky finds out that the Punisher is Soap's partner] You know, you're not as stupid as you...
[Agent Budiansky stares at him angrily]
Martin Soap: I didn't say that.
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References The Punisher (2004) more
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America the Beautiful more

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93 out of 148 people found the following comment useful.
Ultimate action movie, 7 December 2008
9/10
Author: dkbhanu from United States

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 together. This movie does not hold back on anything like the wimpy Thomas Jane's Punisher, who was more of a schemer than a punisher. That movie had its own reason to be liked in that it was a brave move to bring an ultra-violent (Punisher has even used nuclear bomb to kill an otherwise unkillable villain), gory and very dark comic, which only had a cult following, to the mainstream cinema. While that movie did not feel like a comic book adaptation at all, the story being pretty ordinary and plot being too heavy, war zone is much closer to the source material. Corny situations had corny, and extremely violent solutions. Villains were perfectly cast and did feel like Punisher villains and got what they deserve from a Punisher. The accents were distracting in the beginning, but once you get used to them (which is pretty fast, since everyone uses a fake sounding and bad accent), you stop noticing it and focus on action, which is plenty. Ray Stevenson was a perfect cast and comes across the perfectly believable, imposing and intimidating killing machine as the Punisher. The much-maligned first scene actually set the tone for rest of the movie for me, when Punisher goes on a killing spree on the dining table, killing everyone on the table, men-women alike, in different, but extremely bloody way. That is Punisher for me. Perfect movie for fans of Punisher and violent action movie fans in general.

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