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(1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1   "This latest comic-to-screen adaptation dips its fingers in grim storytelling and gory theatrics, though it never brings both together in cinematic harmony."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari 2/5 "Punisher: War Zone is 100 minutes of people getting shot in the face - bad Italian stereotypes, non-existent narrative, and people getting shot in the face."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron F "A picture of deliberate stupidity and derivative artistry, Punisher: War Zone is so atrocious it makes professional wrestling look like a whimsical afternoon with Shakespeare in the Park by comparison."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 5/10 "Without a consistent style, "Punisher: War Zone" never establishes a real identity."   DVDTown.com   Christopher Long "The premise is so awful it veers toward sublime: the angry white guy kills everyone."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs D+ "The film actually wants us to ponder its moral and ethical implications -- which is like a stripper telling you she wants to go to law school. Yeah, sure, whatever you say, movie. I'm not paying you to talk."   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "In the spirit of teaming up franchises, if Lions Gate were to continue reviving hope with The Punisher, maybe the next time around he can protect the winner from VH-1's Scream Queens against the other Jigsaw in Saw VI."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 3/4 "God I love my revenge films..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. D- "Junk, pure and simple...Stevenson [is] a beefy, taciturn fellow with all the charisma of Steven Seagal and an emotional range that goes from A to somewhere just shy of A-."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "Punisher: War Zone is bad enough that it may remind viewers how lucky we have been this year to get two superior superhero movies in Iron Man and The Dark Knight."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Part '80s action movie, part gross-out horror, this guilty pleasure is Saw meets Rambo . . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 3/5 "Violent vigilante comic book story is gory, grim stuff."   Common Sense Media   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/5 "I wouldn't say that one decapitation... or a dozen... or a string of pervasive, grisly, bloody violence saved this film. But... we were getting an unrelenting action film."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 1/5 "This atrocity is even worse than the 2004 version, if such a thing is possible,though I have to grudgingly admit that while it is as foul, vile and stupid as all get out, it is still somewhat better than the Dolph Lundgren version."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C+ "There's too much good stuff here to let the bad stuff off the hook."   Mania.com   Rob Vaux "(T)here is no stylistic thrill to this blunt object of a callous action film."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 6/10 "It's not a great film. It's not even a particularly good film. It is, however, a film that almost entirely succeeds at a tremendously modest aim."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1