Marvel's The Punisher Trailer Breakdown: 8 Things You Need To See

8. Coming To America

Marvel's The Punisher
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While it was established earlier in season two of Daredevil that Frank's a New Yorker born and raised, his parents were immigrants. Born Francis Castiglione, the Punisher of the comics was born to a Sicilian family, something that - if this trailer is anything to go by - will be a continuing theme in the MCU.

The above shot taken from the trailer features what is, imaginably, the Castle family as they sail past Liberty Island. The Statue of Liberty is totally synonymous with the narrative surrounding immigration and the US, and the image juxtaposes nicely with later events that, in no small way, destroy Castle's own American dream.

Patriotic imagery tends to permeate the character's comics in a scathing way, so it's nice to see the series continuing where they left off.

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