■ ‘Punisher: War Zone’

Ray Stevenson (of HBO’s “Rome”) plays the graphic-novel character, vigilante Frank Castle, who is on a one-man mission to cleanse the world of mobsters. After a particularly murderous assault, he becomes the target not only of the disfigured villain Jigsaw (Dominic West) but of the FBI.

Running time/rating: 1:47; rated R (pervasive strong brutal violence, language, drug use).

What they’re saying: “ ‘War Zone,’ the third attempt to start a ‘Punisher’ film franchise, is 85 percent of what you always wanted out of a Punisher movie. It also has 15 percent of everything you never wanted to see in a Punisher movie.” – Erik Amaya, CBR News