The Punisher Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) watches on the news that the aged patriarch of the Cesare mafia family was considered not guilty in his trial after the death of the prosecution's main witness. Frank goes to Cesare's mansion, where the criminal is celebrating his freedom with his family, and he executes the whole family of mobsters. While fighting with the gangster Billy Russoti (Dominic West), he falls into a shattering glasses machine and Frank turns the machine on; Billy is smashed by the pieces of glasses. However Franks discovers that he accidentally killed the undercover FBI agent Nicky Donatelli (Romano Orzari) that was working infiltrated in the Cesare family, ahead of an investigation of a great scheme of the mobsters with a Russian gang. Meanwhile Billy surprisingly survives completely deformed and asks to be called Jigsaw; he releases his insane brother Loony Bin (Doug Hutchison) from the asylum where he is locked and promises revenge against Frank and Nicky's wife Angela Donatelli (Julie Benz) and daughter Grace (Stephanie Janusauskas). Frank is chased by Nicky's former partner, Special Agent Paul Budiansky (Colin Salmon), while he tries to protect Angela and Grace from Jigsaw's revenge.
"Punisher: War Zone" is a great action movie, developed in an adequate pace and with a solid story and good acting, special effects and soundtrack. I had lower expectations with this movie, but it was a wonderful surprise for me. In the first "The Punisher" that I saw on the screen, Frank Castle was performed by Dolph Lundgren; in the second, by Thomas Jane; and now, by Ray Stevenson. In common, all the three movies are full of action and violence, as the viewer should expect, and the lead actors have great performances. However, Dominic West is the best villain of the three movies, with his Jigsaw that slightly recalls The Joker from "Batman" (1989). Doug Hutchison, the unforgettable Eugene Victor Tooms from "X-Files", is also great with his sick and evil Loony Bin. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Justiceiro 2 Zona de Guerra" ("The Vigilante 2 War Zone")
"Punisher: War Zone" is a great action movie, developed in an adequate pace and with a solid story and good acting, special effects and soundtrack. I had lower expectations with this movie, but it was a wonderful surprise for me. In the first "The Punisher" that I saw on the screen, Frank Castle was performed by Dolph Lundgren; in the second, by Thomas Jane; and now, by Ray Stevenson. In common, all the three movies are full of action and violence, as the viewer should expect, and the lead actors have great performances. However, Dominic West is the best villain of the three movies, with his Jigsaw that slightly recalls The Joker from "Batman" (1989). Doug Hutchison, the unforgettable Eugene Victor Tooms from "X-Files", is also great with his sick and evil Loony Bin. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Justiceiro 2 Zona de Guerra" ("The Vigilante 2 War Zone")