[Kill of the Week] Shotgun Blast to the Face in ‘Punisher: War Zone’
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Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week.
Naturally, the majority of movies that we feature in this segment are horror movies, but every so often a non-horror movie comes along and, well, outdoes most horror movies in the gore department. Punisher: War Zone, directed by Lexi Alexander and released in 2008, is damn sure one of those movies.
Before Jon Bernthal took over the role of Frank Castle in Netflix’s “Daredevil” and now standalone series “The Punisher,” which just debuted its first season today, the character was played by a handful of different actors. Dolph Lundgren first brought Castle to the screen in 1989’s The Punisher, followed by Thomas Jane in 2004’s The Punisher.
But nobody embodied the sheer badassery of the iconic comic book character better than Ray Stevenson, who starred as the vengeful vigilante in Punisher: War Zone.
The body count is insanely high in War Zone, with 100 people losing their lives across the film’s 103 minutes. Stevenson’s Castle goes through bad guys like Jason Voorhees, shooting, blowing up, punching and impaling a seemingly endless array of unlucky victims; the gore approaches Story of Ricky levels, and that’s no exaggeration.
The standout scene of brutality in Punisher: War Zone? Castle and a Special Agent corner a mobster in his home. Guns pointed at him, the agent plans on calling the capture in so the man can be arrested proper. Castle has other plans, however, blasting the mobster’s face clean off with a close-range shotgun blast.
All this while holding a child in his arms. God. Damn.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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