History Film / PunisherWarZone

* OneLastJob: The Punisher intends to retire after killing the undercover FBI agent Nicky Donatelli, however he's persuaded to continue "punishing" after Donatelli's family is endangered by Jigsaw. By the end, [[it's clear that despite killing a majority of the criminal element in Jigsaw's ill-fated "Punisher party", there are still criminals that need to punished and Frank's not stopping any time soon...]]

* AxeToGrind: [[spoiler: "Loony Bin Jim" mortally wounds Carlos with an ax he found in Frank's hideout]], [[MoodWhiplash with leads to]] a bunch of really bad axe puns by LBJ:
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': ([[spoiler: to Carlos]]) Hey, I ''axed'' you a question.
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': Guess I'll have to ''ax'' again.

-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': You should be seeing double right about now.\\
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': That would be a torn meniscus.

* WouldHitAGirl: You expect this from Loony Bin Jim right off the bat... but [[TokenGoodTeammate Ink]] takes one of the Donatelli wall mounted swords, stabbing a female officer before going back to snort coke.

'''Loony Bin Jim''': You should be seeing double right about now.\\
'''Loony Bin Jim''': That would be a torn meniscus.

* HollywoodAtheist: Implied with Jigsaw when he mockingly tells Grace Donatelli that her mother is swearing to an "imaginary friend" when she pleads that she doesn't know where his money is.

* OneLastJob:

* TenMinuteRetirement: Frank goes through one after learning that he killed a FBI mole.

* CanonForeigner: Looney Bin Jim, the brother of Jigsaw.

* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Loony Bin Jim, during his fight with Frank Castle in the toilet, begins to say what is wrong with the Punisher during each blow:

* AdaptationalHeroism: To some degree. A couple of characters (Cristu Bulat, Tiberiu Bulat, Pittsy, Ink, and Maginty) are InNameOnly and not as nearly as horrible as their comic book counterparts.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Apparently both a [[StealthSequel sequel]] and reboot to the 2004 film, the same way ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' were to ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' and ''Film/GhostRider'', respectively.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Frank kills [[spoiler:Jigsaw]] via both impalement and immolation at the same time. Justified, as Frank is absolutely furious over [[spoiler:Jigsaw killing Micro.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to [[Film/ThePunisher2004 the 2004 film]], adding BloodierAndGorier to boot. The film is one of the darkest {{Marvel}} films ever created, if not the darkest. So much so that Marvel created an entire new film subsidiary, Marvel Knights, to place its future dark films under to establish them as something a little more edgier than the usual Marvel fare (the only other film to date to use this banner is ''[[Film/GhostRider Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance]]''). See the NightmareFuel Knights logo from ''War Zone'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfBSR_GJ-A here]].

The third adaptation of ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'', released in 2008.

** Jigsaw in presented as the nephew of Jennifer Cesare's grandfather, Gaitano, as Jigsaw calls him "Uncle G" and Pittsy says "I'm sorry about your family" after the Punisher kills Gaitano.

* DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Loony Bin Jim, during his fight with Frank Castle in the toilet, begins to say what is wrong with Punisher during each blow:
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': Blood in the urine, an early indicator of kidney failure.
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': You should be seeing double right about now.
-->'''Loony Bin Jim''': That would be a torn meniscus.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he is a crime boss and as mentioned below under "Politically Incorrect Villain", a bigot toward anyone of Middle-Eastern descent (and his stance against helping importing biological agents is probably PragmaticVillainy as someone who's constantly dealing with the FBI and NYPD probably doesn't want Homeland Security on top of those agency), Gaitano Cesare doesn't approve of Jim being an AxCrazy, cannibalistic sadist, as he mentions having Jim locked up.

* SadisticChoice: Jigsaw and his AxCrazy brother Loony Bin Jim give Frank a literal SadisticChoice in the form of a ShootTheDog scenario: [[spoiler:if Frank chooses between killing either the Donatellis or Micro, the brothers release the ones who were spared, otherwise they just kill all three hostages. Although [[HeroicSacrifice Micro offers himself to Frank to spare the Donatellis]], the latter instead elects to TakeAThirdOption. He kills Loony Bin Jim instead, and Jigsaw retaliates by killing Micro. Although given Frank's last words to Micro ("You won't feel a thing, Micro") coupled with Micro's nod to Frank, it seems as if they both understood that no matter who Frank choose, all of the hostages would have been killed anyway; by eliminating Jim, it gave Frank a brief window of time to save the Donatellis. Once they are out of harms way, he then [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutally]] makes sure that Jigsaw pays for Micro's death]].

-->'''[[spoiler:Carlos:]]''' I'll see you in hell, Frank.
-->'''Punisher''': If I see you anywhere near hell, I'll kick your ass out.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Apparently both a [[StealthSequel sequel]] and reboot to the 2004 film. The same way ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' was to ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' and ''Film/GhostRider'', respectively.
* ThatManIsDead

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Jigsaw and Loony Bin Jim genuine cares for each other. Also, the Bulats unlike their comic counterparts.

* CaliforniaDoubling: UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} stands in for UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. This is noticeable in the subway scenes, [[JustTrainWrong where no effort is made to disguise that those are Montreal Metro trains]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to [[Film/ThePunisher2004 the 2004 film]], adding BloodierAndGorier to boot. The film is one of the darkest {{Marvel}} films ever created, if not the darkest. So much so that Marvel created an entire new film subsidiary, Marvel Knights, to place its future dark films under to establish them as something a little more edgier than the usual Marvel fare (the only other film to date to use this banner is ''[[Film/GhostRider Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance]]''). See the Nightmare Fuel Knights logo from ''War Zone'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfBSR_GJ-A here]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he is a crime boss and as mentioned below under "Politically Incorrect Villain", a bigot toward anyone of Middle-Eastern descent (and his stance against helping import biological agents in probably PragmaticVillainy has someone who's constantly dealing with the FBI and NYPD probably doesn't want Homeland Security on top of them), Gaitano Cesare probably doesn't approve of Jim being an AxCrazy, cannibalistic sadist, seeing as he mentions having Jim locked up.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he is a crime boss and as mentioned below under "Politically Incorrect Villain", a bigot toward anyone of Middle-Eastern descent (and his stance against helping import biological agents in probably PragmaticVillany has someone who's constantly dealing with the FBI and NYPD probably doesn't want Homeland Security on top of them), Gaitano Cesare probably doesn't approve of Jim being an AxCrazy, cannibalistic sadist, seeing as he mentions having Jim locked up.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he is a crime boss and as mentioned below under "Politically Incorrect Villain", a bigot toward anyone of Middle-Eastern descent, Gaitano Cesare refuses to even help import biological agents for other people (though this might be to just avoid getting on Homeland Security's bad side). Given he also mentions he had Loony Bin Jim locked-up and the behavior he exhibits once he's free, Cesare probably doesn't approve of Jim being an AxCrazy, cannibalistic sadist, either.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he is a crime boss and as mentioned below under "Politically Incorrect Villain", a bigot toward anyone Middle-Eastern or of Middle-Eastern descent, Gaitano Cesare refuses to even help import biological agents for other people. Given he also mentions he had Loony Bin Jim locked-up and the behavior he exhibits once he's free, Cesare probably doesn't approve of Jim being an AxCrazy, cannibalistic sadist, either.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Jigsaw in presented as the nephew of Jennifer Cesare's grandfather, Gaitano, as Jigsaw calls him "Uncle G" and Pittsy says "I'm sorry about your family" after the Punisher kills Gaitano.

* RelatedInTheAdaption: Jigsaw in presented as the nephew of Jennifer Cesare's grandfather, Gaitano, as Jigsaw calls him "Uncle G" and Pittsy says "I'm sorry about your family" after the Punisher kills Gaitano.

** Pittsy and Ink are now father and son rather being [[ThoseTwoGuys those two henchmen]] and serve as Jigsaw's [[TokenGoodTeammate good teammates]]. In the comics they were equally as unhinged as their boss.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to [[Film/ThePunisher2004 the 2004 film]], adding BloodierAndGorier to boot.
** The film is one of the darkest {{Marvel}} films ever created, if not the darkest. So much so that Marvel created an entire new film subsidiary, Marvel Knights, to place its future dark films under to establish them as something a little more edgier than the usual Marvel fare (the only other film to date to use this banner is ''[[Film/GhostRider Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance]]''). See the Nightmare Fuel Knights logo from ''War Zone'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfBSR_GJ-A here]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Both Gaitano Cesare and Jigsaw himself refer to the people they suspect are getting the package the latter's shipping in for the Bulats as "those Ragheads in Queens".

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Both Gaitano Cesare and Jigsaw himself refer to the people they suspect are getting the package the latter's shipping in for the Bulats "those Ragheads in Queens".

* SpiritualSuccessor: Apparently both a sequel and reboot to the 2004 film. The same way ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' was to ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' and ''Film/GhostRider'', respectively.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Apparently both a sequel and reboot to the 2004 film.