The first thing I simply must say about Punisher: War Zone is.....something has gone totally wrong!!!
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[/caption]Thomas Jane, the former Punisher, is replaced by Ray Stevenson in the continuation of Frank Castle's reign of punishment upon the evil. While gunning down the crimelords and their family one by one, Frank Castle unfortunately killed an undercover FBI agent and seriously mutilated what is possibly the vainest and meanest villain, Jigsaw (played by Dominic West). Driven to regret by the agent's death at his hands, Frank was about to hang up his Punisher belt when Jigsaw starts terrorizing the city with his demented brother, Looney Bin Jim (Doug Hutchison). Encouraged by his friends, the Punisher decided to make Jigsaw his last 'disciplinary problem'. As the Punisher say, "Let me put you out of my misery."
The problem with this sequeal to 2004's Punisher is the inconsistency of details. Anyone who have watched the previous Punisher would know how Frank Castle's family died (in a total wipe-out at his family reunion) and that he had only one child, a son. When this new Punisher flashbacked the death of his family, they visually described it as a family picnic gone wrong when they witnessed a crime, and they portrayed one son and one daughter. :? Hello?? Can we get the story straight here please?
The plot of Punisher: War Zone was not one that pries any deeper into Frank Castle's life. To me, it seems like Hollywood just needed to make a sequel of yet another comic hero and introduce one of the hero's biggest villains. However, the movie meshed nicely but the movement was erratic; up, down, left, up, down, right. Every movie has a certain movement, enabling the audience to foresee when's the climax, when's the ending, but the new Punisher was unreadable. You didn't know what could be coming next.
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[/caption]Sorry to say but Ray Stevenson was not very memorable in the movie. Instead, my attention was snatched away by the forever-meth-high jumper Maginty (T.J. Storm) and the silent brooding gun-buyer Carlos (Carlos Gonzalez-vlo). There's something about them that captures your attention away from the other stars and extras.
All in all, the movie was just a good show to watch and is perfect for those who love gore and violence. For my fellow Malaysians, though, I probably should warn you that our beloved censorship board has wiped out most of the goriest scenes, like the body of Micro's mom (Punisher's gun supplier) and the execution of the first crimelord. Also, the censor of the foul language was somewhat weird, as 'shit' was often left intact, and while they tried to delete 'f*ck' from the dialogue, they ended up deleting every else BUT 'f*ck'. If you want to watch the undisturbed movie, I think it's better if you catch it on 'DVD' (when I say this, my fellow Malaysians know what I mean ;) ) than watching it in our local cinemas.
The Punisher may be set on punishing evil-doers, but at times he seem so set on his goal that he didn't realize the goofs (very minimal) he and others made in the movie. Be sure to refresh your memory with the original Punisher movie, though, just to get the feel of how he became the dark judge-jury-and-executioner.
Best quote from Punisher: War Zone : "If I see you anywhere near Hell, I'll kick your ass out."
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