Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Directed by Lexi Alexander
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.
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What critics compared Punisher: War Zone to
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Directed by Cathy Yan
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Not since Lexi Alexander's underrated Punisher: War Zone has a major comic book film so gleefully indulged in exploring the gory potential of the genre.
Meanwhile, the duo of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, who wrote arguably the best Punisher adaptation, the Lexi Alexander directed Punisher: War Zone (2008), are never allowed to bring the absurd extremity of that film into play with this movie.
Because try as they may, Chandor and Taylor-Johnson, ‘Kraven’ is ultimately written by the unremarkable accredited trio of Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer 3”) and the duo of Art Marcum Matt Holloway (“Punisher: War Zone”) and this hunter-becomes-the-hunted cliched, formulaic, expository-riddled and hacky dialogued screenplay cannot be salvaged.
The first film was inked by a foursome including Mark Fergus (“Children of Men”), Hawk Ostby (“Children of Men”), Art Marcum (“Punisher: War Zone”) and Matt Holloway (“Punisher: War Zone”).