50
Along with torrents of gore, Punisher: War Zone has moments that are deliriously funny, because the violence is so awful and so casual.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
30
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
So unrelentingly violent that all but teen boys might as well stay home.
25
This is junk, a bunch of hard-R action scenes kept together by the thinnest of plots.
40
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
The blood and gore quotients of Punisher: War Zone are extremely high and are sure to sop the appetites of the series' fans and virtual bloodlusters.
20
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Anyone with a modicum of good sense -- or a weak stomach -- will take it as a warning to stay the heck away from this literally and figuratively deadly "War Zone."
50
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
The film works a bit better than the 2004 "Punisher" installment, the one starring surly, dislikable Thomas Jane as Frank Castle.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
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.
25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
There is no stylistic thrill to this blunt object of a callous action film. It's content to bludgeon the audience into numb resignation.