Punisher: War Zone (2008)

The Punisher: War Zone is an American feature film of the action genre. It is based on the character of the Punisher featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the second film in the series and follows 2004's The Punisher, which is both an adaptation and a remake of the 1989 film of the same name. The Punisher: War Zone was directed by Lexi Alexander with a script written by Nick Santora, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway. It was produced by Marvel Studios, Lions Gate Entertainment, Valhalla Motion Pictures and was released theatrically in the United States on December 5th, 2008. This time around, the role of Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, is played by Ray Stevenson, who is the third actor to portray the character in a live-action venture, following in the footsteps of predecessors Dolph Lundgren and Thomas Jane. The film also stars Dominic West as the main antagonist, Jigsaw, with Doug Hutchison as Loony Bin Jim, Colin Salmon as Paul Budiansky, Wayne Knight as Micro, Dash Mihok as Martin Soap, and Julie Benz as Angela.

Notes & Trivia

 * The Punisher was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1 #129 in February, 1974.


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 * The tagline to this film is "Vengeance has a name".


 * Production on The Punisher: War Zone began on October 22nd, 2007. Principal photography concluded on December 14th, 2007.


 * The Punisher: War Zone grossed $4,271,451 over its opening weekend. It ranked in at #8 at the box office for the week of December 5th.


 * At its widest release, The Punisher: War Zone was screened in 2,508 movie theaters.


 * The Punisher: War Zone closed out of theaters on December 24th, 2008. It had been in released for a total of three weeks (21 days).


 * The Punisher: War Zone received generally negative reviews. On the film rating aggregate web site Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 27% rotten rating. The average is based upon a total of 101 post reviews, with 27 positive reviews and 74 negative reviews.


 * This film was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Lions Gate Entertainment on March 17th, 2009. It was also released in Blu-ray format with Region 1/A encoding.


 * This film has a total of forty-nine credited cast members.