Marvel's The Punisher New Trailer Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See
11. That Music Choice Is Cleverer Than You Think
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When we first meet Frank in the trailer, he's playing the opening notes of One - the best and brightest track from Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice for All. What follows is a menagerie of violence where the former marine locks, loads and blows his way out of a sticky situation to the tune of the song.
It's more than just a badass accompaniment to the trailer's action sequences, however. In fact, it's the perfect soundtrack to encapsulate many of the themes that have typified Frank Castle's comics over the years, with One in particular being an ode to the senselessness of violence and the psychological impact it wreaks on those that both inflict and receive it.
The album itself - apart from being metal AF - revolves around justice. With Frank being in the market to inflict a rather specific brand of it, it becomes apparent just how strong an accompaniment this track was not just for the trailer, but for Castle's life too.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
