Aug 01, 2002 charles chuck dixon is an american comic book writer, perhaps bestknown for long runs on batman titles in the 1990s. When franks wife and children are slain after witnessing a mob execution, frank begins a oneman war on new yorks underworld, unimpeded by. War zone or, as the story itself is titled, the resurrection of ma gnucci, is a pretty direct sequel to the welcome back, frank story that began ennis long run on the character. Directed by lexi alexander, the film features a cast that includes ray stevenson, dominic west, julie benz and dash mihok.
This story is much more tongue in cheek than his work on the punishers marvel max series, but that doesnt mean its any less brilliant. Continuing his crusade to punish violent criminals in. What carries the film then is a series of brutal action sequences and effects shots, all full of callous violence, macho posturing and gun play that rewrites all rules of. Punisher launches a series of attacks on the carbones organization, and manages to pin them on sal. Several years ago, the punisher singlehandedly wiped out the entire gnucci mob family, culminating with a limbless ma gnucci getting kicked back into her. The story revolves around the punisher confronting a villain of his own making. Dolph lundgren stars as frank castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. With ray stevenson, dominic west, julie benz, doug hutchison. Punisher war zone published march 1992 script by chuck dixon, pencils by john romita jr. Directed by lexi alexander, the film features a cast that includes ray.
However, the paths to such perilous pursuits are fraught with dangers bigger than any frank has faced before, and this lone wolf could use otherworldly help on his way up to the world stage. War zone the black sheep 2008 ray stevenson, dominic west marvel action movie duration. While targeting the vicious mob boss, billy russoti, castle horribly disfigures the gangster in a firefight that also claims the life of an undercover fbi agent. Frank castle, aka the punisher ray stevenson, turns the streets of new york city red as he wages a one man war against the crime syndicate responsible. Dec 05, 2008 database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for punisher.
The punisher 1987, the punisher war journal 1988 and the punisher war zone 1992. Eventually julius has the punisher and mickey kill sal. War zone is a comic adapted action film about a vigilante named the punisher, who seeks out crime and injustice after his family was murdered. War zone that is due in theaters on december 5, 2008. War zone 1 hours and 43 minutes movie 2008 frank castle, the exmilitary man whose family was killed by criminals, who became a vigilante known as the punisher, goes after a whole mob family and gets everyone except enforcer billy russoti. When the punisher a oneman force of vengeance battles a mob boss, the disfigured mafioso. Frank castle, the exmilitary man whose family was killed by criminals, who became a vigilante known as the punisher, goes after a whole mob. The best of the punisher movies with a weak last act. Punisherwar zone 2008 bdrip 480p dual audioenglish. His big break came one year later, when editor larry hama hired. War zone director lexi alexander recently revealed on twitter that she pitched a new mummy film to the studio saying. War zone is one of the bestmade bad movies ive seen. Sep 04, 20 avenging the death of his family, the vigilante known as the punisher ray stevenson wages war on new york citys underworld with the help of his armorer micro wayne knight.
War zone trailer waging his oneman war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilantehero frank castle sets hi. Ray stevenson,from rome season 12 complete dvdand outpost 2008 dvd stars in this comic book,violent actionpacked sequel to the punisher dvd 2004 2005. Jul 25, 2008 the second feature trailer for punisher. War zone 2008 vm14 1h 42m crime action when the punisher a oneman force of vengeance battles a mob boss, the disfigured mafioso reemerges as a psychotic villain with a small army. Cover pencils by mike mckone, inks by mark mckenna and mick mcgray. Punisher war zone 2008 remastered 1080p bluray h264 aacrarbg.
A television series was later released on netflix in 2017 and is set in the. The interior illustration was done by carmine di giandomenico. Jan 01, 2009 garth ennis and steve dillion bring back their teamup and they bring back some of the characters from the ennis run. War zone, also known as the punisher war zone is a comic book series published by marvel comics about the vigilante the punisher. War zone series is a comic book limited series published by marvel comics about the vigilante the punisher. Jigsaw dominic west as jigsaw in this, the third punisher movie. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. If society wont punish the guilty, he will the avenging angel of marvel comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing actionadventure thriller.
The series was written by greg rucka as a follow up to his previous punisher series from 2011, meant to finish the story rucka had begun in the 2011 series. This is the second reboot of the characters onscreen telling. War zone 2008 frank castle, aka the punisher ray stevenson, turns the streets of new york city red as he wages a one man war against the crime syndicate responsible for the death of. Frank, the series that brought the punisher back after a long hiatus by garth ennis, steve dillon and jimmy palmiotti. War zone is not the brainless action flick cash grab that i expected, in fact it rivals the 2004 version. Avenging the death of his family, the vigilante known as the punisher ray stevenson wages war on new york citys underworld with the help of his armorer micro wayne knight. Since the second film has the same title as the first, its hard to tell them apart, but why would you want to. As marvels daredevil celebrates its fifth anniversary, we look back at memorable fights in and out of hallways from netflixs marvel series. After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, frank castle, aka the punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet.
Welcome back also featured the characters of the punishers apartment neighbors joan, spacker dave, and mister bumpo, as well as the oversized villain, the russian. May 11, 2009 punisher war zone brad street hotel massacre. Punisher no longer has the war machine armor, but he retained his newly acquired taste for big game, and hes hungry for more. The worst offender that ive seen is the 2004 punisher movie with thomas jane. Frank castle known as punisher ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but it starts an even bigger war. War zone revolves around exmarinespecial forces instructor frank castle ray stevenson.
He hasnt been treated with any respect in other media. Welcome back, frank, the untitled punisher sequel, punisher war zone, punisher war zone. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. It was a real shame that all of the marvel shows housed on netflix were abruptly canceled in the wake of disneys takeover of fox, because the streaming service had become the first outfit that managed to get the punisher right. War zone is a 2008 american vigilante action thriller film based on the marvel comics character the punisher, directed by lexi alexander. It was to be set five years after the 2004 film and would see frank castle arrive in new york and taking on jigsaw, who is plotting to take control of the criminal underworld. We have all the details surrounding this new film starring ray stevenson. Charles chuck dixon is an american comic book writer, perhaps bestknown for long runs on batman titles in the 1990s. After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, frank castle stevenson, better known to his victims as the punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet, jigsaw.
War zone is a 2008 american comic book action film directed by lexi alexander. War zone on dvd march 17, 2009 starring ray stevenson, dominic west, doug hutchinson, colin salmon. War zone original score from 2008, composed by michael wandmacher. War zone doesnt take itself seriously and it doesnt ask the audience to do so, like the 90 and 04 films did. War zone is the third in a series of punisher movies. Based on a popular comic book character first introduced in the pages of the amazing spiderman in 1974, punisher. Waging his oneman war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilantehero frank castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, billy. The film is a reboot that follows the war waged by vigilante frank castle ray stevenson on crime and corruption, in particular on the disfigured mob boss known as billy jigsaw russotti dominic west, rather than a sequel to 2004s the punisher. His earliest comics work was writing evangeline first for comico comics in 1984 then later for first comics, who published the ongoing series, on which he worked with his thenwife, the artist judith hunt. The series was written by garth ennis and drawn by steve dillon. A mini series that depict the events what happened after issue 16 of the punisher volume 6. War zone exspecial frces officer frank castle ray stevenson, rome is back with all guns blazing as the punisher, this time waging a oneman war on two fronts. War zone recalls the excessively violent, dialoguechallenged actioners of the 1980s, and coincidentally feels two decades out of date.
What you would all love to see from me is the mummy remake i just pitched to dark universe a few weeks ago. The punisher first appeared in the spiderman comic in february, 1974, and became a semiregular foeally in that mag, but was more apt to appear in daredevil in the 80s until the character got his own mini series in 1986 and then his ongoing titles. Frank castle known as punisher ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but. It follows the punisher 1989 starring dolph lundgren and the punisher 2004, starring thomas jane and john travolta. Billy renames himself jigsaw and with the help of his crazed. Frank castle had always been a character that struggled to get a decent adaptation, having already appeared in a forgotten dolph lundgren vehicle in 1989, the thomas. Punisher war zone 2008 remastered brrip xvid mp3xvid. Stevenson has grasped the chance to play tough guy roles and again he plays the vengeful hero with gusto. Originally, this film was going to be a direct sequel to the punisher 2004, with thomas jane returning in the role of frank castle. Great artwork by frequent collaborator steve dillion certainly helps. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for punisher. It is presented by the same creative team as that ongoing series. Waging his oneman war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilantehero frank castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss billy rus. Family ties, script by dan abnett and andy lanning, pencils by mike mckone, inks by mark mckenna and mick mcgray.
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