Metacritic Movie Ratings
Punisher: War Zone Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Dominic West (The Wire) plays a facially mutilated Mob boss as if he's in a broad SNL sketch.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  It looks great, it hurtles through its paces and is well-acted. The soundtrack is like elevator music if the elevator were in a death plunge. The special effects are state of the art. Its only flaw is that it's disgusting.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  Along with torrents of gore, Punisher: War Zone has moments that are deliriously funny, because the violence is so awful and so casual.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The dialogue is beyond clichd, and performances feel cobbled together from other movies.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck

  So unrelentingly violent that all but teen boys might as well stay home.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Does it have to be so witless, so stupid, so openly contemptuous of the very audience it's supposed to be pandering to?

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