Showing posts with label Punisher: War Zone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punisher: War Zone. Show all posts

2015 Marvel Film Rankings - Punisher: War Zone - Number 31

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Punisher: War Zone
Released 2008
Final Score: 4/34
Jeff: 2/34
Critics: 3/34
Audience: 8/34
Rating 4/34

2014: 2/34

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

What the critics said: Punisher: War Zone recalls the excessively violent, dialogue-challenged actioners of the 1980s, and coincidentally feels two decades out of date.

What I said: When you think George Lucas writes better dialogue you have got a problem. 

Punisher: War Zone is one of two movies in the Marvel Universe that did not turn a profit in its theatrical release, the other is Elektra.   The movie starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle (he also plays Volstagg in both Thor Movies) and has a supporting cast of Wayne Knight, Colin Salmon, Julie Benz and Dash Mishok sounds pretty okay, but the dialogue is so bad your ears hurt.   The violence is over the top and movie last three weeks (21 days) in the theater back in December 2008. 
 
 

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Rating the Marvel Universe on Film - Number 32

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Punisher: War Zone
Released: 2008
Final Score: 2/32
Jeff: 1/32

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

What the critics said: Punisher: War Zone recalls the excessively violent, dialogue-challenged actioners of the 1980s, and coincidentally feels two decades out of date.

What I said: Punisher: War Zone is grotesquely violent film with little character development and even less dialogue.

I was expecting Punisher: War Zone to finish dead last in my ratings, so being it didn't that is a minor surprise, it missed the overall last place by a 1/2 a point.     

Released as a rated R movie, with a $35 million budget this film earned approximately 22% of that amount back in the theater, clearly the worst performer in terms of the box office.   Clearly what kept Punisher: War Zone from the last spot was it wasn't the least liked of the Marvel Movies, it came in at number 5, and for the few fans that actually liked this movie it held in high regard, don't ask me why I cannot explain it. 

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