Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 comic book action film directed by Lexi Alexander; based on the fictional Marvel Comics vigilante/anti-hero the Punisher. It is the third film to depict the Marvel character Frank Castle . The film is a reboot that follows the original telling of Castle's war on crime and corruption rather than a sequel to 2004's The Punisher or 1989's The Punisher, and is the first film to be produced under the Marvel Studios and Marvel Knights production banner, which focuses on films for mature audiences. Northern Irish actor Ray Stevenson replaced Thomas Jane as Castle. In the... film, Castle wages a one-man war against a horribly disfigured mob boss known as Jigsaw . Punisher: War Zone was released in North America by Lionsgate on December 5, 2008, and was released in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2009. Frank Castle , who by now has been the Punisher for five years, assaults a party for mob boss Gaitano Cesare. Billy Russoti escapes to his recycling plant hideout, and Detectives Martin Soap and Saffiotti , who were staking out the party, inform Castle.
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| Release date: | December 4, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Lexi Alexander |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Editor: | William Yeh |
| Music by: | Michael Wandmacher |
| Cinematography: | Steve Gainer |
| Screenplay by: | Nick Santora, Arthur Marcum, Matthew Hollaway |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Punisher War Zone |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |