There is Hollywood buzz word that has come about in the last few years, and while ‘reboot’ and its kin ‘re-start’ have been used quite nicely to put new life into various franchises, it’s starting to show signs of overkill. Overkill. What a word to kick off a review of Punisher: Warzone which is *not* a sequel to the 2004 film, but rather, yes, a ‘re-start’, which is suggesting that something went wrong in the previous film and now here is the correct intended vision from another director. Sadly, what worked for last summer’s Incredible Hulk, does not bode well for Marvel Comic’s one mat hit squad vigilante, The Punisher. If anyone thought John Travolta was over the top and camped up in the previous film, they haven’t seen anything yet. (more…)

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