Punisher: War Zone (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.2/10   

Réalisateur:

Lexi Alexander

Writers (WGA):

Nick Santora (written by) and
Art Marcum (written by) ...

Release Date:

5 décembre 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

Vengeance has a name.

Plot:

After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw. |

Plot Keywords:

Biological Weapon | Gore | Baseball Bat | Broken Nose | Impalement

Avis des utilisateurs:

Makes the first two Punishers look like Velveeta

Ensemble

Ray Stevenson	...	Frank Castle / The Punisher
Dominic West	...	Billy Russoti / Jigsaw
Doug Hutchison	...	Loony Bin Jim
Colin Salmon	...	Paul Budiansky
Wayne Knight	...	Micro
Dash Mihok	...	Martin Soap
Julie Benz	...	Angela
Stephanie Janusauskas	...	Grace
Mark Camacho	...	Pittsy
Romano Orzari	...	Nicky
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Ink
Larry Day	...	Agent Miller
Ron Lea	...	Captain Ross
Tony Calabretta	...	Saffiotti
T.J. Storm	...	Maginty

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Punisher 2 (USA) (working title)
The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank (USA) (working title)
The Untitled Punisher Sequel (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence, language and some drug use.

Durée:

103 min

Pays:

USA | Canada | Germany

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

UK:18 | Singapore:M18 | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18SG | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:C | Argentina:13 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18 | USA:R (certificate #44752)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Brossard, Québec, Canada

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Anecdotes:

Director Lexi Alexander said that she was against using the Skull emblem on Ray Stevenson's costume. However, fans wanted it to be more prominent than it was in the 2004 film. She described this design as "pre-schoolish" in an interview and eventually compromised with a degraded and worn skull image (similar to the 2004 movie).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Glock pistols are heard being cocked. Glocks do not have external hammers so they cannot be thumb-cocked.

Guillemet:

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: So, what's the plan?
Frank Castle: I'm going to go in, and getting them.
Special Agent Paul Budiansky: [brief pause] You call that a plan?
Frank Castle: That's all I need.

Movie Connections:

References Scarface (1983)

Soundtrack:

Final Six

Makes the first two Punishers look like Velveeta

Taken on its own terms, Punisher: War Zone is everything it is supposed to be: excessively violent, larger than life, fast paced, and almost always loads of fun. War Zone doesn't take itself seriously and it doesn't ask the audience to do so, like the '90 and '04 films did. It never ponders the morality of its hero any more than necessary; it's The Punisher for gods' sakes.

The casting of Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle is, in a word, perfect. He is commanding, intimidating, and always fun to watch. If you can't enjoy Stevenson as The Punisher, you shouldn't even be watching the damn movie. Though the film is shot tongue-in-cheek, Stevenson stays consistent but is almost always interesting to watch. The supporting cast, led by Dominic West as Jigsaw, also shines in several scenes. There are no weak links in the cast to undermine WZ the way, say, John Travolta undermined the already-suffering Thomas Jane Punisher movie.

There are many reasons to fault the first two Punisher pics for perhaps giving the character a bad rap, because the critics sure seem to be roasting this more than necessary. One perplexing review comes from Roger Ebert, who seems to praise the film in several ways while outright damning it to the same exact two star rating he applied to the first two (far dumber and less entertaining) Punisher movies: "The Punisher: War Zone is one of the best-made bad movies I've seen. It looks great, it hurtles through its paces and is well-acted. The soundtrack is like elevator music if the elevator were in a death plunge. The special effects are state of the art. Its only flaw is that it's disgusting."