Punisher: War Zone Final Poster
“Punisher: War Zone” directed by Lexi Alexander premiered on December 5th, 2008 in US theatres. Along with the film itself, here we have the final poster for the movie stars Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher, Dominic West as Billy Russoti. Take a look below.
Punisher: War Zone Review
Here is the good news for Frank Castle fans. Punisher: War Zone is far and away the best movie based on Marvel Comic‘ vigilante anti-hero The Punisher to date.
Of course, anyone who has cable-surfed upon the 1989 Dolph Lundgren embarrassment or was re-gifted the DVD of 2004’s Thomas Jane vehicle The Punisher knows that’s a backhanded compliment if ever there was one.
War Zone is a relentlessly grim and unapologetically violent mess of a movie that pays tribute to comic book creators Garth Ennis and Tim Bradstreet’s dark, twisted take on the character as well as give the cinematic finger to the first two films. But it’s still not very good…full story [newsarama]
I remember growing up and loving The Punisher comics because Frank Castle would do what the good guys were not allowed to and kill his enemies. (And really at a time when girls have cooties what could be more interesting to a twelve year old boy?) But the Punisher on film had none of the charisma and excitement as The Punisher on the pages. It didn’t help that the budget for the film was about equal to the amount spent on straightening Kirsten Dunst’s teeth in the Spider-man movies (I know they’re still not straight, that’s how little Punisher cost).
The lessons learned from the first Punisher were these: 1) don’t hire Travolta to ever be in a comic book movie. He approaches ever role as though he were still Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter. Even though the source is comic books, the audience needs to believe in what they’re seeing so go hire Ed Norton or Tobey Maguire. 2) Frank Castle’s world does not involve supernatural powers and super villains that fly, but he still exists in a comics world and the films require a budget to show that…full story [M&C] Continue Reading…
Punisher: War Zone Featurette
As released by Yahoo! Movies, featurette for “Punisher: War Zone” focuses on the film’s title character, Frank Castle.
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher (Ray Stevenson) 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.
“Punisher: War Zone” is directed by Lexi Alexander and her new movie is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th 2008.
Punisher War Zone – Rob Zombie Track
Check out the new track, War Zone, from Rob Zombie featured in “Punisher: War Zone.”
Continuing his one-man war against organized crime, Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher (Ray Stevenson), takes aim at mob boss Billy Russoti (Dominic West). An encounter with Castle leaves Russoti horribly disfigured, so the mobster changes his name to Jigsaw and sets out for revenge.
“Punisher: War Zone” is directed by Lexi Alexander and her new movie is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th 2008. Continue Reading…
