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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Much like [[Film/ThePunisher1989 the 1989 film]], Castle's backstory is changed so his (extended) family is murdered due to him crossing a crime boss (in this case, the fact that a FBI-led bust led to Saint's son being killed) rather than the Castle (immediate) family being murderer for stumbling across a gangland execution in the middle of a park.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Much like [[Film/ThePunisher1989 the 1989 film]], Castle's backstory is changed so his (extended) family is murdered due to him crossing a crime boss (in this case, the fact that a FBI-led bust led to Saint's son being killed) rather than the Castle (immediate) family being murderer murdered for stumbling across a gangland execution in the middle of a park.
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* MisplacedRetribution: The reason Saint killed Castle's family was because he thought Castle killed his son. ''But he didn't'' (a thug was shot by the FBI team and fired his gun on Bobby Saint)!
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* MisplacedRetribution: The reason Saint killed Castle's family was because he thought Castle killed his son. ''But he didn't'' (a thug was shot by the FBI team and fired his gun on at Bobby Saint)!
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. Frank's [[StealthPun no saint]] in this movie, but he's a bit more unambiguously heroic and amicable than he is usually portrayed in the comics, though remains the cold, stoic, stern and serious TerseTalker of the comics after his family is murdered.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. Frank's Frank [[StealthPun no may not be a saint]] in this movie, but he's a bit more unambiguously heroic and amicable than he is usually portrayed in the comics, though remains the cold, stoic, stern and serious TerseTalker of the comics after his family is murdered.
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* CoolGuns: Frank's father's Colt [=M1911=]'s, which are heavily customized with vented slides, longer barrels and expanded magazines.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Much like [[Film/ThePunisher1989 the 1989 film]], Castle's backstory is changed so his (extended) family is murdered due to him crossing a crime boss (in this case, the fact that a FBI-led bust led to Saint's son being killed) rather than the Castle (immediate) family being murderer for stumbling across a gangland execution in the middle of a park.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Much like [[Film/ThePunisher1989 the 1989 film]], Castle's backstory is changed so his family is murdered due to him crossing a crime boss (in this case, the fact that a FBI-led bust led to Saint's son being killed) rather than the Castle family stumbling across a gangland execution in the middle of a park.
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* TragicKeepsake: In this universe the famous Punisher skull shirt and inspiration for Frank's emblem was a gift his son bought him before he was murdered.
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* BlofeldPloy: After interrogating Mickey about the death of his son, Saint points a gun at him... then turns and shoots his son's ''[[YouHaveFailedMe ex]]''-bodyguard.
* {{Retirony}}: After his last FBI operation, Frank Castle was ready finally settle down to a desk job in London and spend more time with his family.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Frank's son Will, who's been weary of seeing his dad away from home so often and having to move to different homes due to the dangers of Frank's undercover work. After his retirement, Frank promises to make up for all the time they lost.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Howard executes Bobby's bodyguard for not keeping a closer eye on his son. The guard, prior to receiving a fatal bullet, tries to claim that Bobby [[WellDoneSonGuy wanted to impress his father,]] but that only prompts an angry Howard to finish him off in disgust.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Howard executes declares he'll kill who's responsible for his son's death and starts by pointing a gun at Mickey... [[BlofeldPloy only to turn and shoot]] Bobby's bodyguard ''ex''-bodyguard for not keeping a closer eye on his son. The guard, prior to receiving a fatal bullet, tries to claim that Bobby [[WellDoneSonGuy wanted to impress his father,]] but that only prompts an angry Howard to finish him off in disgust.
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* PostVictoryCollapse: After Frank tumbles down the stairs with the Russian, he gets up and looks at the Russian and confirms he is dead, then promptly falls backwards to the floor in complete exhaustion.
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* InstantDeathStab: Heck is immediately killed by a spring-loaded ballistic knife to the throat. One mook instantly dies with a vertical chop of a paper cutter blade to the skull, and another mook is silently dispatched with a tiny karambit knife slashing his throat.
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* LockAndLoadMontage: Shown when Frank gets ready to [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]], complete with Thomas Jane's broody narration.
--> This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment.
--> This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment.
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* JustHitHim: The fight with the Russian involves a lot of throwing Frank around and through walls instead of just taking advantage of the size difference and straight punching or crushing him. Frank keeps [[WithinArmsReach reaching for crates, workbench tools, hidden weapons, etc]] to even out the brutality and the Russian just keeps relocating him. He could have even kept smashing Frank’s head to a pulp with the fridge door but apparently that would not have satisfied him, as he looked around for more walls to throw Frank through.
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* IKnowMaddenKombat: During his fight against The Russian, Frank lobs a grenade at him, [[OhCrap but has to scramble for cover]] when The Russian [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns the tables]], using a crowbar to knock the grenade back at Frank like it's a baseball.
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* IKnowMaddenKombat: During his fight against The Russian, Frank lobs a grenade at him, [[OhCrap but has to scramble for cover]] when The Russian [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns the tables]], using a crowbar to [[GrenadeHotPotato knock the grenade back back]] at Frank like it's a baseball.
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* SilentAntagonist: Unlike the comics and video games, this incarnation of The Russian has no dialogue.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Invoked by Frank Castle, who stages things to [[GuileHero manipulate]] mob boss Howard Saint into believing that his right-hand man is having an affair with his spouse Livia. The minion was actually [[{{Gayngster}} a closeted gay man]], which Howard didn't know, [[SecretKeeper but his wife did]]. He doesn't believe her when she brings this up, thinking she's tarnishing his friend's memory, [[spoiler: and kills them both]], only to be horrified when he discovers the truth from Frank later.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Invoked by Frank Castle, who stages things to [[GuileHero manipulate]] mob boss Howard Saint into believing that his right-hand man is having an affair with his spouse Livia. The minion was actually [[{{Gayngster}} a closeted gay man]], which Howard didn't know, [[SecretKeeper but his wife did]]. He doesn't believe her when she brings this up, thinking she's tarnishing his friend's memory, [[spoiler: and kills them both]], only to be horrified when he discovers the truth from Frank later.
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* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Invoked by Frank Castle, who stages things to [[GuileHero manipulate]] mob boss Howard Saint into believing that his right-hand man is having an affair with his spouse Livia. The minion was actually [[{{Gayngster}} a closeted gay man]], which Howard didn't know, [[SecretKeeper but his wife did]]. He doesn't believe her when she brings this up, thinking she's tarnishing his friend's memory, [[spoiler: and kills them both]], only to be horrified when he discovers the truth from Frank later.
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* SilentAntagonist: Unlike the comics and video games, this incarnation of The Russian has no dialogue.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Invoked by Frank Castle, who stages things to [[GuileHero manipulate]] mob boss Howard Saint into believing that his right-hand man is having an affair with his spouse Livia. The minion was actually [[{{Gayngster}} a closeted gay man]], which Howard didn't know, [[SecretKeeper but his wife did]]. He doesn't believe her when she brings this up, thinking she's tarnishing his friend's memory, [[spoiler: and kills them both]], only to be horrified when he discovers the truth from Frank later.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Invoked by Frank Castle, who stages things to [[GuileHero manipulate]] mob boss Howard Saint into believing that his right-hand man is having an affair with his spouse Livia. The minion was actually [[{{Gayngster}} a closeted gay man]], which Howard didn't know, [[SecretKeeper but his wife did]]. He doesn't believe her when she brings this up, thinking she's tarnishing his friend's memory, [[spoiler: and kills them both]], only to be horrified when he discovers the truth from Frank later.
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* ItsCuban: Subverted. Saint tells Mike, one of the Toro criminal brothers to not touch the Cubans as Mike walks towards his cigar collection and helps himself to one. When Mike takes his leave, he indignantly notes that the cigar was Honduran, and tosses it on the floor.
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* QuickDraw: Castle has a stand-off against two mooks in the lobby of the Saint’s building. He guns them down by quick-drawing his dual-wielding pistols.
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* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Howard Saint smokes one while talking business and watching his woman dance with his right-hand man.
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* BodybagTrick: How Frank is allowed to escape the opening scene set-up without revealing he was an undercover infiltrator. To all the surviving criminals, it seemed that the German broker Otto Krieg was gunned down by the FBI agents, but it was all a show, as we see the ambulance deliver the bodybag to an FBI staging area and Frank sit up once the bag is unzipped.
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* NotInTheFace: When Micky thinks he's about to be killed by the mob for the death of Howard Saint's son, he calmly asks them not to damage his face, for his mother's sake. Luckily, they don't intend to kill him.
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* HighFiveLeftHanging: In the opening scene, after agreeing to the deal, Micky raises his hand for a high-five with the Russian arms dealer who just coldly ignores him.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The Russian is a BoisterousBruiser who enjoys beating the everliving crap out of Frank in the comics. Here, he doesn't utter a word except for when he screams in pain from having boiling water thrown at him.
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* TheCanKickedHim: During the fight against the Russian, the Russian bashes Frank through a wall after hitting him with Frank's own toilet.
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* CurbstompBattle: Frank is on the receiving end of one by the Russian. Everything Frank throws at the Russian is either tanked or thrown back at him, forcing Frank to be on the defensive. It isn't until the fight spills into Joan's apartment and Frank throws a pot of boiling water in the Russian's face that he turns it around and kills the giant.
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* FamilyExtermination: Quentin Glass and John Saint lead the attack on the Castle family reunion in order to not only kill Frank Castle, but to kill every last member of his family. Frank and his father, Castle Sr., manage to kill three mooks, with the third one being at the cost of his father's life. In the end, Frank is the SoleSurvivor after being left for dead.
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* GodzillaThreshold: After Frank blows up the Toros' money shipment, Howard Saint is desperate enough to kill Frank by any means necessary and costs that he has Quentin call in [[PsychoForHire the Russian]].
-->'''Howard:''' It's your duty to make Castle dead! I don't care what it takes, what it costs! Call the Russian.
-->'''Howard:''' It's your duty to make Castle dead! I don't care what it takes, what it costs! Call the Russian.
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* ScreamDiscretionShot: When Quentin tortures Dave for Frank's location after the fight with the Russian, he does so by pulling out Dave's piercings one by one with pliers. It cuts to the outside of the apartment as you hear Dave's tortured screams.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Saint suffers one once he realizes Frank is alive and well, and has begun targeting his criminal empire. It comes to a head when Saint [[spoiler:kills his best friend and cruelly kills his wife, after being led to believe they've been cheating on him]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: Saint suffers one once he realizes Frank is alive and well, and has begun targeting his criminal empire. It comes to a head when Saint [[spoiler:kills his closeted best friend and cruelly kills his wife, after being led to believe they've been cheating on him]].
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* PapaWolf: Not just the title character, but Saint is a dark example since his son's death is what triggered his vendetta against the Castle Family. There is also Frank Sr. who, along with Frank, was able to take out many of Saint's {{mooks}}. Even though he took a shotgun blast to the back, Frank Sr. used the last of his strength to knife a man that was going after Frank.
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* PapaWolf: Not just the title character, but Saint is a dark example since his son's death is what triggered his vendetta against the Castle Family. There is also Frank Sr. who, along with Frank, was able to take out many of Saint's {{mooks}}. Even though he took a shotgun blast to the back, Frank Sr. used the last of his strength to knife a HUGE man that was going after Frank.
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* RichBitch: Livia Saint. She's the one who wants to see Frank's entire family dead in retaliation for the death of her son.
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* RichBitch: Livia Saint. She's the one who wants to see Frank's entire family dead in retaliation for the death of her son. And when she hears that Frank is dead, she and Quentin celebrate with a night on the town.
