It’s true that Punisher: War Zone feels like the truest adaptation of the comic book material we’ve seen yet; the graphic nature, intense brutality, and unsettling cruelty are all consistent with what you find in the comics themselves. Ray Stevenson really embodies Frank Castle well. Dominic West doesn't quite work as Jigsaw, but at least his associates seem more capable than those portrayed by John Travolta. Cons…

This entry in The Punisher’s film history stands out as the strongest of the bunch, though it stumbles a bit toward the finish. The character debuted in a Spider-Man comic back in February 1974, appearing regularly alongside that hero before becoming more associated with Daredevil in the eighties. He eventually got his own mini-series in 1986 and then ongoing titles like *The Punisher* (1987), *The Punisher War Jo…