Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 English-language Action Crime movie written by Nick Santora, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. The movie is directed by Lexi Alexander and produced by Gale Anne Hurd. After hunting down and killing hundreds of violent criminals, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, faces his most deadly foe yet: Jigsaw. Punisher: war zone features Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, Dash Mihok and Matthew Chan. The film is based on The Punisher by Gerry Conway Ross Andru John Romita Sr. The music was composed by Michael Wandmacher. Cinematography was done by Steve Gainer and editing by William Yeh and Dean Zimmerman. The film has a running time of 103 minutes. It was released on 22nd January 2009. Punisher: War Zone was made on a budget of $35 million and at the box office it grossed only $10 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Lionsgate Films.