Violent and powerful chases and the killing of hundreds of violent criminals in a story embodying a painful reality and challenging life. It is the life of a man named Frank Castle known as The Punisher where he faces his deadliest enemy. Those confrontations may last a long time because Frank's enemy is called Jigsaw, a puzzling and terrifying puzzle in an adventure in which Frank fights to eliminate him without losses.
The final damning verdict left by the American box office, whom far from raced out to see it, meaning takings of 8m leave Punisher: War Zone the lowest grossing Marvel adaptation to date.
A blithely depraved shoot-'em-up in which its glum protagonist cuts a retributive swath across a vast criminal underworld, Punisher: War Zone echoes back to the unthinking low-budget action movies of the 1980s.
Assuming you can appreciate the high level of gore and assorted sadistic weirdness, the action is satisfying and the dark story is close to the tone of its Marvel Comics source material.
'Oh God, now I've got brains spattered all over me,' exclaims The Punisher's slippery inside man, Detective Soap. You may feel the same at the end of this messy, sadistic reboot of the Marvel comic-book series.
