Vengeance has a name.
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.
- 5.8
- 2008
- Released
- 1h 42m
Ray Stevenson
Frank Castle
Dominic West
Billy / Jigsaw
Julie Benz
Angela
Colin Salmon
Paul Budiansky
Doug Hutchison
Loony Bin Jim
Dash Mihok
Martin Soap
Wayne Knight
Micro
Stephanie Janusauskas
Grace
Mark Camacho
Pittsy
Romano Orzari
Nicky
Keram Malicki-Sánchez
Ink
Larry Day
Agent Miller
Ron Lea
Captain Ross
Tony Calabretta
Saffiotti
Carlos Gonzalez-Vio
Carlos
David Vadim
Cristu Bulat
John Dunn-Hill
Cesare
Niko Nikolov
Pompiliu
Aubert Pallascio
Tiberiu
Francis B. Goldberg
Mrs. GordlockPat Fry
Asylum OrderlyRobert Godley-Harrod
Priest
Linda E. Smith
Mrs. CesareLynne De Bel
Micro's MotherBill Hall
TV News Reporter
Matt Holland
EMTBjanka Murgel
Arm Candy
Brent Skagford
Waiter
James Murray
Bodyguard #2
Cas Anvar
Plastic Surgeon
Mike Paterson
Motel ManagerKane Chan
Banger #1Steven P. Park
Banger #2
Edward Yankie
Father MikeTracy Jerome Phillips
Harlem GangleaderGiovanni Cipolla
WiseguyAndrew Farmer
GuardJean-Loup Yale
MuggerMiro Bedard
Frank's SonLise Sita
Nicki's MomNick Sita
Nicki's DadOleg Popkov
Old ManEric Dauphin
Cesare Wiseguy
Jon Barton
Ice Team LeaderGerardo Lo Dico
NYPD Officer (uncredited)Matthew Chan
Banger #3 (uncredited)
Released
en
$20,500,000.00
$10,089,373.00
- #fbi
- #superhero
- #based on comic
- #broken neck
- #military uniform
- #wall safe
- #trashed house
- #vanity
- #flare
- #woman director
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To be fair, Punisher: War Zone is the most accurate representation of the comic we've had to date. The gore, extreme violence, and borderline sadism is very much a part of the comic. Ray Stevenson is spot on as Frank Castle. Dominic West is not so good as Jigsaw but at least his gang is more competent than Travolta's. Given that this came out in the same year as two other big comic book movies,
***The best of the Punisher movies with a weak last act*** The Punisher first appeared in the Spider-Man comic in February, 1974, and became a semi-regular foe/ally in that mag, but was more apt to appear in Daredevil in the 80s until the character got his own mini-series in 1986 and then his ongoing titles: The Punisher (1987), The Punisher War Journal (1988) and The Punisher War Zone (1992).