Ray Stevenson ( Rome) plays the Marvel Comic vigilante The Punisher, who - as his name suggests - is out to punish the bad guys. Specifically, they are facially-disfigured master criminal Jigsaw (Dominic West) and his army of murderers.

This action movie is spectacularly gory and brutal, with bloody images of brains and guts spilt and splattered everywhere. So if gay people are as culturally refined as the stereotype would have you believe, then Punisher: War Zone is not recommended viewing for the average Fridae reader.

Yet, this unabashed B-grader is also unintentionally funny. In fact, some bits are downright outrageous - like when a cop closes the film with the line: "Oh God, now I've got brains splattered all over me." So if you've got a stomach for violence and a sense of irony, who knows? - this might just be your thing.