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The Punisher War Zone
By admin | December 26, 2008
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Cast: Tom Jane, John Travolta
Sometimes, just to get over the week’s intellectual burden on your mind, you need a real solid dose of a blood-and-gore slug fest. So, here’s the perfect weekend watch. Based on a lesser known Marvel Comics character, Frank Castle, It’s a slam-banger, akin to the 1970s vigilante flicks with Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood. Undercover FBI agent Frank (Tom) poses as a drug dealer to bust a major deal involving the ruthless mob boss Howard Saint (John). All hell breaks loose when Howard’s son dies in the shootout. Howard promptly butchers Frank’s family. As betrayals fester, head roll and cars explode in robust grandeur, Frank decides that revenge is not enough, that he must mete out punishment as judge, jury and executioner, that Howard must pay for all his un-Saintly acts. And those are good reasons for all his un-saintly acts. And those are good reasons for all action freaks to push play!
HOT Tip: A blast from the retro-action past; nothing ‘comic’ about this!
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