What can I say about Punisher: Warzone? Ummmmm, how about gratuitous, unadulterated, over-the-top, comic book violence. I mean violence like your mother was always trying to keep you away from. The filmmakers obviously were reading the Punisher series set in the Marvel Knights universe, not the plain old garden variety sociopath from the days of his guest appearances in Daredevil. The film revels in every comic book cliche available to it. The mobsters are very Italian, their henchmen are very street gang, and the police are either clueless or, shall I say, "over-enthusiastic." Believe it or not, this is what a comic book movie looks like when very few liberties are taken with the canon. Frank Castle is appropriately humorless in his quest, unfortunately coming off as very unlikeable and hard to root for.
The actors do a good job with the roles they have, going sufficently overboard when the scene calls for it. Dominic West is a perfect example, playing Jigsaw to a tee. Full blown whackaloon one minute, and homicidally calm the next, he does a great job in the role. The bad guys are actually a lot more interesting than Castle, which is a shame, because I loves me the Punisher.
This movie is a bit uncomfortable to watch because of the violence, but overall it was a decent adaptation of the darker Punisher comics. 6.5/10
Tomorrow's movie: Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears A Who. See you then, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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