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* EvilPlan: Lady Tanaka abducts the children of New York's mob bosses to make them sell their territory to the Yakuza.
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* ArmedLegs: Tanaka's daughter [[SlashedThroat slices a man's throat]] with blades on her boot in her introductory scene.
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* HealItWithFire: Frank Castle cauterizes a wound and can be [[TheScream heard expressing his agony]] from afar.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
-->'''Gianni Franco:''' You've wiped out the competition. Thanks to you, there's only me. In five years' time, my new organization will be the most powerful crime syndicate on earth, And that boy whose life you saved will inherit all of it. And the only thing he will have to fear, I'm about to eliminate.
-->'''Gianni Franco:''' You've wiped out the competition. Thanks to you, there's only me. In five years' time, my new organization will be the most powerful crime syndicate on earth, And that boy whose life you saved will inherit all of it. And the only thing he will have to fear, I'm about to eliminate.
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** Which [[ArtisticLicenceHistory really doesn't hold water]], given that the Japanese expansion to China came hundreds of years after Roman Empire.
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* TheSociopath: Lady Tanaka, a crime boss who holds all her rivals' kids hostage to take power, and freely admits that she might not let them go.
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* BigBad: Lady Tanaka, the DragonLady {{Yakuza}} boss trying to take over New York's crime.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: A predominant theme in the movie: When Frank learns that Tanaka has been targeting the mob bosses' children, he goes out of his way to save them, and even gets brought in as a result. In the end, Franco's son sees his father die in the struggle with Frank for a gun, and gets the idea to take up that gun and pull it on Frank, [[DeathSeeker who ain't even mad.]]
--> '''Frank''': "You're a good boy. Grow up. Be a good man. If you don't... ''I'll be waiting.''"
--> '''Frank''': "You're a good boy. Grow up. Be a good man. If you don't... ''I'll be waiting.''"
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* KnifeNut:
** Tanaka's daughter. In the final battle she's ''covered'' in them.
** Unusually, this version of Frank uses knives as well as guns.
** Tanaka's daughter. In the final battle she's ''covered'' in them.
** Unusually, this version of Frank uses knives as well as guns.
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* RhymesOnADime: There's a perpetually drunk former stage actor who serves as Frank's informant, and he's got an entire rant in this trope's fashion [[MoralityPet just to talk Frank out of facing certain death.]]
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* CaliforniaDoubling: While the location of the city is unsaid, it is easy to suppose that it's on the United States. The whole film was made in Sydney, Australia.
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* GenreSavvy: When Moretti arrives at his home after his acquittal, his first order of business is to tell his men the check the house for intruders.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Frank has his moments...
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* DeadpanSnarker: Frank has his moments...
--->'''Jake''': Five years, dozens of men dead... what do you call that?
--->'''Frank''': "[[KillThemAll Work in progress]]".
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--->'''Frank''': "[[KillThemAll Work in progress]]".
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* {{BFG}}: The M-60/GrenadeLauncher combo that Frank uses to demolish a Yakuza illegal casino.
* CaliforniaDoubling: While the location of the city is unsaid, it is easy to suppose that it's on the United States. The whole film was made in Sydney, Australia.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: More like "faux polite", but Lady Tanaka keeps on being polite even as she does such ruthlessly horrible things as take the sons of the Mafia dons as hostages (and when the Dons pay up, decide to sell them as slaves anyway) and [[DisproportionateRetribution put a gun in a man's mouth and blow his brains out for spitting on her]] (because he decided to be DefiantToTheEnd after being lucky not to drink some poisoned wine at the same time as all the other crime lords). The only time she drops the polite act is when she forces Franco to kill himself to prevent her from killing his son (with no guarantee that she won't do it anyway) and [[EvilLaugh starts to laugh at the situation]].
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: When one goon is frustrated waiting for his European counterparts to show up for a meet, he mutters "Fucking faggot Frenchmen!"
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* TampringWithFoodAndDrink: Lady Tanaka poisons the drinks of the mob bosses who agreed to have a meeting with her.
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* TampringWithFoodAndDrink: TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Lady Tanaka poisons the drinks of the mob bosses who agreed to have a meeting with her.
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* StabTheScorpion: Gianni aims his gun at Frank's direction, but only to shoot mook whose behind him.
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* StabTheScorpion: Gianni aims his gun at Frank's direction, but only to shoot a mook whose who is behind him.him.
* TampringWithFoodAndDrink: Lady Tanaka poisons the drinks of the mob bosses who agreed to have a meeting with her.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Averted, as Frank never wears the iconic skull on his chest. This wound up being one of the main points of criticism from fans.[[note]]More than fidelity to the comics, the skull shirt worn by the Punisher is a tactical decision as it draws criminals' attention there more than to his unprotected head - the comics' hero suit is often made of kevlar, and when it's a simple shirt, there's often a bulletproof vest underneath. So ditching the skull, in the end, would be even more dangerous to Frank.[[/note]]
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: The Yakuza, who even resort to kidnapping children to gain upper hand.
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->''"Come on God, answer me. For years I'm asking why, why are the innocent dead and the guilty alive? Where is justice? Where is punishment? Or have you already answered, have you already said to the world: here is justice, here is punishment, here, in me."''
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->''"Come on God, answer me. For years I'm asking why, why are the innocent dead and the guilty alive? Where is justice? Where is punishment? Or have you already answered, have you already said to the world: here is justice, here is punishment, here, here... in me."''
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* MythologyGag: Frank's children are shown wearing ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' pajamas in a flashback. This is a reference to the fact that The Punisher first appeared in the pages of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.
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-->-- '''Frank Castle'''
The first film adaptation of ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'', released in 1989.
After Frank Castle's (Creator/DolphLundgren) family was killed by organized crime, he started a war on them as [[VigilanteMan the vigilante]] known as The Punisher. His work causes the [[TheMafia New York crime families]] appear weak, and a MobWar between them and the {{Yakuza}} breaks out, who try to muscle in on their turf. Caught between the crossfire, Frank has to shoot a whole lot of bad guys to make things right.
!!This film has the examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Where Frank's hideout resides.
* TheAlcoholic: Jake is used to be one before he met Frank, who brought him back from the brink.
* ArmedLegs: Tanaka's daughter [[SlashedThroat slices a man's throat]] with blades on her boot in her introductonary scene.
* AteHisGun: Holding a dagger to Tommy's throat, Lady Tanaka promises to spare him if Gianni puts his gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Frank intervenes before he can go through with it.
* BadassBiker: How Frank is depicted, even having a CoolBike.
* CallingCard: Frank leaves [[KnifeNut knives]] with skulls on them in his victims to let everyone know who killed them.
* ChainPain: One mook tries to attack Frank with a chain, but is stopped on his tracks with a shotgun shell to his gut.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Franco's son attacks his captors with a chair, and in an archetypical fashion, it breaks apart on impact.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Averted, as Frank never wears the iconic skull on his chest. This wound up being one of the main points of criticism from fans.[[note]]More than fidelity to the comics, the skull shirt worn by the Punisher is a tactical decision as it draws criminals' attention there more than to his unprotected head - the comics' hero suit is often made of kevlar, and when it's a simple shirt, there's often a bulletproof vest underneath. So ditching the skull, in the end, would be even more dangerous to Frank.[[/note]]
* ComicbookAdaptation: Marvel comic from a Marvel picture? You don't say.
* CulturalPosturing:
-->'''Lady Tanaka:''' We are Yakuza. When your ancestors were shepherds still screwing sheep on the Mediterranean coast, ours were the crime lords of Asia.
* DeadpanSnarker. Frank has a few of these moments when he is captured by the Yakuza and put on a torture rack.
-->'''Lady Tanaka:''' Do you know how much pain $10,000 can buy?
-->'''Frank:''' Is this question true or false, or multiple choice?
* TheDragon: Tanaka's adoptive daughter is her protector and top enforcer.
* DragonLady: Lady Tanaka, the Yakuza leader attacking the local crime bosses and the BigBad of the film.
* EnemyMine: Mob boss Franco teams up with Castle [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes to rescue his son Tommy]] from the Yakuza.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: One truck completely vaporizes on impact with another vehicle.
* EveryoneIsArmed: The meeting between the Mafia leaders and Lady Tanaka in a restaurant turns out to be a trap when every other patron pulls out a gun on the former.
* EvilLaugh: Thinking that she has won, Lady Tanaka laughs evilly before Punisher busts through a wall and kills her.
* ExternalCombustion: Frank Castle's family died when their rigged van exploded.
* GenreSavvy: When Moretti arrives at his home after his acquittal, his first order of business is to tell his men the check the house for intruders.
* GunStruggle: Gianni Franco dies after he struggles with Frank for his gun, and it goes off.
* IWorkAlone: When Sam offers to work with Jake, he initially insists on working alone.
* TheInformant: Shakes, an alcoholic former actor who relays information on criminal activities to Frank for booze.
* ALadyOnEachArm: One patron in the illegal gambling hole is shown walking around with two women in this fashion.
* NeckSnap: Frank kills Tanaka's daughter by twisting her neck.
* NoNameGiven: No name is given to Tanaka's adoptive daughter.
* NobodyHereButUsStatues: Two Yakuza mooks pretend to be armor racks to surprise Frank.
* PinnedToTheWall: Tanaka's daughter uses her earrings to pin mob boss [=DeLeo=] to the wall.
* RailingKill: Happens to one mook in the amusement park shootout.
* SelfSurgery: After his first run-in with the Yakuza, Frank is shown cauterizing his wounds with a red-hot blade.
* SpitefulSpit: [=DeLeo=] spits on Lady Tanaka's face when she offers him a poisoned drink.
* StabTheScorpion: Gianni aims his gun at Frank's direction, but only to shoot mook whose behind him.
* ThatManIsDead: In true ''Punisher'' fashion, he tells Jake that "Frank is dead" when they finally meet face to face.
* TheVoiceless: Tanaka's daughter is a mute.
* WroteTheBook: Frank referred to Jake as "the man who wrote the book on busting bad guys" when they met the first time.
* YouExclamation: Dino Moretti's last words when he finds his bodyguards dead and comes face to face with Punisher.
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