Surprisingly good
N. Durham | Philadelphia, PA | 12/04/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"A vast improvement over the soundtrack to the 2004 Thomas Jane-starring Punisher movie, the Punisher: War Zone soundtrack offers up a good amount of head banging tunes that fit the tone of the film, and even the character. Rob Zombie's "War Zone" is worth the price of admission alone, offering some excellent guitar and drum work, as well as a chorus that perfectly captures what the character is all about. Thrash legends Slayer offer up "Final Six" from "Christ Illusion", which is good, as is Slipknot's catchy lead single from their recent "All Hope is Gone" album, "Psychosocial". Hatebreed churns out a solid cover of Sepultura's classic "Refuse/Resist", and newcomers 7 Days Away offer up the pretty good "Take Me Away". Other tracks from Machines of Loving Grace, Rise Against, and Static-X are decent, while the songs from Seether, Kerli, Senses Fail, and most definitely Justice's "Genesis" just seem out of place. Still, the Punisher: War Zone soundtrack ends up being surprisingly good regardless, and it's a big improvement over the soundtrack to the last Punisher flick."
Sounds cool
Adam Gish | Minnesota | 01/06/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I am so glad that the actual film had orchestral music through most of it and not just heavy metal. The songs on the soundtrack are pretty awesome though."