The Punisher 2: War Zone (DVD)

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room I am among the few who actually enjoyed Thomas Jane's 2004 The Punisher film, and while it wasn't perfect, I admired it as the first R-rated Marvel comic book film, and it was gloriously over the top. The spiritual sequel, which has recast The Punisher aka Frank Castle, gained a lot of notoriety for its absurdly violent trailer, and there was a lot of fear that the film was going to be toned down to a 12A rating, but fortunately, the film was released as the fully violent, hilariously overblown 18 rating that deserved. This isn't art, and it's real ugly, but it's also rather fun. Frank ...  Read the complete review

A review of just the film, Punisher: War Zone was produced in 2008 and was released on region 2 DVD and Blu-Ray in June 2009. In New York City, vengeance has a name - and that name is Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher. When The Punisher gatecrashes a gathering of the local mobsters, he decimates the entire Russoti family, eventually rounding on one of the Russoti sons, Billy. Believing that Billy has met his end, Castle leaves the scene with a little bit of help from a police detective who believes that Castle's way is the best way. But unbeknown to the Punisher, Billy Russoti is not dead. Emerging from the incident alive, but hideously deformed, he takes on ...  Read the complete review

Director: Lexi Alexander Writers: Nick Santora & Art Marcum Genre: Drama - Action - Crime - Thriller Country: USA/Canada/Germany Certification: 18 Language: English DVD Release: 22nd June, 2009 [UK] MAIN CAST: Ray Stevenson [Frank Castle - The Punisher] Dominic West [Billy Russoti - Jigsaw] Doug Hutchison [Loony Bin Jim] Colin Salmon [Paul Budiansky] Julie Benz [Angela] In the sequel to 'The Punisher', Frank Castle, who went from FBI agent to vigilante in the first movie after his wife and children were killed by the mob, is into his sixth year as a vigilante with an extensive ...  Read the complete review