Netflix's The Punisher: 10 Insanely Dark Moments That Won't Be Used
5. All Frank's Friends Die And He Has A Mental Breakdown
How Netflix will handle Frank Castles The Punisher origin story remains to be seen. He could just show up fully formed, and leave a few quick dialogue scenes and/or flashbacks to vaguely fill in the details of his history and motivations. A huge part of this, in the comics, was his traumatic and life-changing tour of Vietnam. Woefully outnumbered the Vietcong, Franks troop were in dire straits. Frank watched as all his friends got gunned down, before breaking down mentally himself. He hears a voice in his head, telling him that he can survive this, but that itll come at a cost. Frank accepts the deal and manages to kill all the adversaries. Hes decorated with many awards by the military, but the cost he warned himself about comes later when mobsters kill his family. I cant see Daredevil season 2 going into a detailed depiction of Franks wartime traumas. Perhaps theyll be hinted at, but showing so many men dying in battle and Frank suffering from a mental breakdown could be deemed too dark for the series to recover from. Its Daredevils story of heroism, not The Punishers tragic biography, after all.
