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Punisher: War Zone
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Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 action, vigilante, and superhero film directed by Lexi Alexander, following The Punisher. Produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Avi Arad for Starz Entertainment and Marvel Studios, it was written by Nick Santora and stars Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, and Colin Salmon. Filming took place in Montreal and Vancouver, and the story is set in New York City, including a psychiatric hospital, a city, a harbor, and a cemetery.
The film runs 103 minutes, with cinematography by Steve Gainer and a score by Christopher Franke, and was distributed by Lionsgate Films. Its countries of origin include the United States, Germany, and Canada, and it had a budget of 20,500,000 and a revenue of 10,089,373.
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5.9Waging 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.
Cast
- Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle / The Punisher
- Dominic West as Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
- Julie Benz as Angela Donatelli
- Colin Salmon as Paul Budiansky
- Doug Hutchison as James Russoti / "Loony Bin Jim" / "LBJ"
- Dash Mihok as Martin Soap
Themes
- superhero
- based on comic
- broken neck
- military uniform
- wall safe
- trashed house
- vanity
- flare
- woman director
- crime syndicate
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
70,270 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
29%
Metacritic
30/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lexi Alexander
- Written by
- Nick Santora Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
- Based on
- Punisher , by Marvel Comics
- Produced by
- Gale Anne Hurd
- Starring
- Ray Stevenson Dominic West Julie Benz Colin Salmon Doug Hutchison Dash Mihok Wayne Knight
- Cinematography
- Steve Gainer
- Edited by
- William Yeh
- Music by
- Michael Wandmacher
- Production companies
- Lionsgate Films Marvel Studios Valhalla Motion Pictures MHF Zweite Academy Film SGF Entertainment Inc.
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate Films (North America) Sony Pictures Releasing International (International)
- Release date
- December 5, 2008 ( 2008-12-05 )
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Countries
- United States Canada Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $10.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- The Punisher
- Director
- Lexi Alexander
- Cast member
- Cas Anvar
- Composer
- Christopher Franke
- Producer
- Avi Arad
- Production company
- Marvel Studios
- Cinematographer
- Steve Gainer
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 537917
- Official website
- www.punisherwarzonemovie.com
- Has parts of class
- closing credits
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2009-03-17
- title
- Punisher: War Zone
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Punisher: War Zone
- different from
- Punisher
- set in environment
- police station
- review score
- 30/100
- characters
- Punisher
- capital cost
- 35000000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher. Rather than a sequel to 2004's The Punisher, the film is a reboot that follows the war waged by vigilante Frank Castle / Punisher (played by Ray Stevenson) on crime and corruption, in particular on the disfigured mob boss known as Billy "Jigsaw" Russoti (Dominic West). The film is directed by Lexi Alexander, from a screenplay written by Nick Santora and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. It is the third feature film adaptation of the Punisher, the second reboot thereof and the first of two films to be produced under the Marvel Knights production banner, which focuses on films for mature audiences.
Development of a follow-up to The Punisher began two months before its release. The film was initially developed as a sequel, with Thomas Jane reprising the title role. Jane departed the project in 2006, and Ray Stevenson was announced as his replacement in July 2007. Filming began in October 2007 in Montreal, Canada.
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