Vengeance has a name. 
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- NYPD
- Detective Martin Soap (First appearance)
- Agent Paul Budiansky (First appearance)
- Microchip (Linus Lieberman) (First appearance; dies)
- Carlos Cruz (First appearance; dies)
- Angela Donatelli (First appearance)
- Grace Donatelli (First appearance)
- Father Mike (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Jigsaw (Billy "The Beaut" Russoti) (First appearance; dies)
- Pittsy (Carmine Gazzera) (First appearance; dies)
- Gaitano Cesare (First appearance; dies)
- Stella Cesare (First appearance; dies)
- Tommy Cesare (First appearance; dies)
- Slick Tony (First appearance; dies)
- Ink (First appearance; dies)
- Maginty (First appearance; dies)
- "Looney Bin Jim" Russoti (First appearance; dies)
- Cristu Bulat (First appearance)
- Pompiliu (First appearance; dies)
- Tiberiu Bulat (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Marine Corps (Mentioned)
- F.B.I.
- Agent Nicky Donatelli (First appearance; dies)
- Captain Ross (First appearance)
- Mrs. Lieberman (First appearance; dies)
- Agent Miller (First appearance)
- Maria Castle (Only appearance; corpse) (Only in flashback)
- Lisa Castle (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Costa Crime Family (Photo)
- Antonio Costa (Photo) (Deceased)
- Giorgio Moretti (Photo) (Deceased)
- Pietro Costa (Photo) (Deceased)
- Franco Rizzo (Photo) (Deceased)
- Carlo Marino (Photo) (Deceased)
- Sal Moretti (Photo) (Deceased)
- Aldo Costa (Photo) (Deceased)
Locations:
- Earth-TRN011 (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- United States of America (First appearance)
- New York State (First appearance)
- New York City (First appearance)
- Kentworth Asylum (First appearance)
- New York City (First appearance)
- New York State (First appearance)
- United States of America (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
Items:
- Punisher's Suit (First appearance)
- Punisher's Arsenal (First appearance)
Plot
Infamous vigilante, anti-hero Frank Castle is six years into his vengeance driven zeal as the Punisher when he brutally assaults a "beat the rap" party for notorious mob boss Gaitano Cesare. During the course of the massacre, he hideously disfigures overeager gangster Billy Russoti and murders a mafia lackey who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent. Agent Paul Budiansky, the ex-partner of the undercover Fed, joins the NYPD's "Punisher Task Force" to help bring Castle to justice, once and for all.
A facially mutilated Russoti recovers from his run-in with the Punisher with revenge on his mind and recruits a massive army of psychotic killers, gangbangers, and mobsters under his new alias "Jigsaw". Distraught that he has now become the very evil he swore to battle, Castle is content to hang up his guns and quit the justice business for good. However, plans quickly change once he learns that Jigsaw has kidnapped the surviving wife and child of the dead federal agent.
Forced back into the war, the Punisher now has to face off against Jigsaw's formidable army in order to save the lives of an innocent family his actions put in the firing line.Cast
- Ray Stevenson - Punisher (Frank Castle)
- Dominic West - Jigsaw (Billy Russoti)
- Wayne Knight - Microchip
- Colin Salmon - Agent Paul Budiansky
- Dash Mihok - Detective Martin Soap
Trailer[]
Trivia
- The film was released by Marvel Knights Pictures, an offshoot of Marvel Studios dealing with movies for mature audiences.
- The Punisher: War Zone film is heavily based on Punisher (Vol. 7), a comic book series published by Marvel Comics under the MAX imprint.
- Days of Revenge song by Ramallah band was used in the Comic-Con trailer.
- This film was originally meant to be a sequel to the 2004 film. However, departures from both Thomas Jane and Jonathan Hensleigh scrapped the idea altogether, also, Marvel rejected Kurt Sutter's script,[1] making War Zone a stand-alone reboot.
- Despite this, the movie is called "Punisher 2: Zona de Guerra" in Spain, which translates to "Punisher 2: War Zone".
See Also
Links and References
- Punisher: War Zone on IMDB.com
- Punisher: War Zone on AllMovie.com
- Punisher: War Zone on Marvel Movies wiki
- Marvel Films
- Official site
- IMDB Listing
- Punisher (film)