[female narrator reading]
[♪ upbeat rock music playing, Danzig, "Mother"]
♪ Mother ♪
♪ Tell your children not to walk my way ♪
♪ Tell your children not to hear my words ♪
♪ What they mean, what they say, mother ♪
♪ Mother ♪
♪ Can you keep them in the dark for life? ♪
♪ Can you hide them from the waiting world? ♪
♪ Oh, mother ♪
[pants, mutters]
♪ Father ♪
[screams]
♪ Gonna show her my world ♪
[Frank grunts]
♪ Oh, father ♪
♪ Not about to see your light But if you wanna find hell with me ♪
♪ I can show you what it's like 'Til you're bleeding ♪
Forty-one...
[grunts, groans]
[♪ music slowly distorting] ♪ And if you wanna find hell with me ♪
[echoing] ♪ I can show you what it's ♪
[♪ singing continues indistinctly, distorted]
[retches]
- [♪ music stops] - [panting]
- [♪ eerie music playing] - [grunts]
[♪ music ends]
[female news reporter] Last night, another murder in Little Sicily.
Police officials and citizens alike are reacting
to the rise of brazen crime in the Little Sicily neighborhood.
[man 1] Oh, man, it's fucking horrible out here!
[woman] When everybody was afraid to rob and steal, things were cool.
But now? It's chaos.
[man 1] You can't even step outside.
[man 2] You can say what you want about the Gnuccis
but at least they kept it peaceful.
[female reporter] Police enrollment and morale
have been gutted in past weeks,
with many in the department citing the recent death of Bobby Gnucci...
Maryanne. Don't do that!
- [Maryanne] Hey, Johnny! - Hey! [chuckles]
Don't do that, huh?
Oh. [kisses] This way, Cammo.
Ah! Well, a little Italian, huh?
Oh, this will do.
♪ Mussolini fettuccini scallopini ♪
Ah! [chuckles]
[groans]
No more Cadillacs out here, huh, boy?
No more big shots, no muckety-mucks.
All those Gnucci gorillas are gone.
Oh! [laughs] Mmm!
You gonna eat today, Cammo.
Oh, yes, you are! [grunts]
Okay, okay.
[whistling]
- [Mickey] Ding-dong! Whoo! - [grunts]
[male thugs whooping, clamoring]
[male thug] Oh, shit!
[male thugs cheer]
- [old vet] Hey! - Who's a good boy?
[old vet] Put my dog down!
- Yes, you are. Yes, you are. - Hey! Hey!
Hey, you! Put my dog down!
- Put him down! Cammo! - Yes, you are.
Yes, you are, you're a good little dog.
- [old vet] Put him down! - Yes, you are.
[old vet] Leave my dog alone!
- Goodbye! - [Cammo whimpers]
- [screams] - [thugs cheer, laugh]
Goodbye, old man!
[Dre] Don't get too ahead of me, okay? Hey, come on.
- [thugs laughing, taunting] - [Dre] I got you.
It's okay, it's okay. They were just playin'. Right?
We gotta watch out for these crazy boys, huh?
You gotta watch out for them, see? Mama says you...
[cries]
[Frank] I realize that it is my choice
and my choice alone to be a Reconnaissance Marine.
I accept all challenges involved with this profession.
Forever shall I strive to maintain the tremendous reputation
of those who went before me.
Exceeding beyond limitations,
- set down by others... - [men] ...set down by others...
- ...shall be my goal. - [men] ...shall be my goal.
- Sacrificing personal comforts. - [men] Sacrificing personal comforts.
Dedicating myself to the completion of the reconnaissance mission
shall be my life.
Physical fitness, mental attitude, high ethics.
- [both] The title "Recon Marine"... - [Frank] The title "Recon Marine"
- is my honor. - ...is my honor.
[Curtis] All done. Nothing left to do.
Poor Frank.
I shall never quit.
To quit, to surrender...
is to fail.
[all laughing]
- [winces] - [laughter continues]
To quit, huh? To surrender? To give up is to fail?
- Then quit! That's all you've got? - You're better than me?
Fuckin' better than me?
I thought you were the best of us!
You can't hear him? You can't hear him?
- [man] Frank! - [Nick] What about us?
- [all shouting indistinctly] - [screams]
[Curtis] Talk to me.
Tell me what's goin' on.
Whatever you need from me, I am right here.
I think I need some help.
Okay, Curt.
Okay.
Isaiah, don't dribble the ball in the hallway.
- Come on, baby. - [Isaiah] That's him.
[Isaiah's mother] Guess he does come out after all.
[door buzzes]
[people chattering indistinctly]
[woman] Get off of me! Stop it!
Yo, good morning.
[woman] Get out of here. Leave me alone.
[man] Yo, Debbie! Wait up.
- [cash register dings] - [Dre] Charli. You're making my heart,
not breakin' it, right?
Aight, good girl. Good girl.
Make sure it's gluten free, right? Here you go. Have a good one.
- [panting] I want that. I want that. - [Dre] Hey, Dennis. Coffee time already?
All right. Don't cut the line. Just wait right there.
[male reporter] ...still spinning from the deaths
of the notorious Gnucci crime family.
Violence and tension fill the streets of Little Sicily
as a power vacuum has left the neighborhood vulnerable.
- [shouting] Filthy! Filthy! - Dennis! Go over there.
Stop cuttin' the line. You're scaring customers.
[reporter] Reports link former veteran turned vigilante
Frank Castle, AKA The Punisher, as the main culprit behind these murders
after it was alleged that the Gnuccis were one of the last criminal organizations
linked to his family's death.
Frank Castle's whereabouts remain unknown.
[Dennis] I know you're in there.
[Debbie] ...actin' like that, you know?
- [Dre] Thank you very much. - [Debbie] ...real customers.
Porcupine man.
[Dre] Okay, here you go. Thank you for coming.
- [Dennis] They're comin'... - [Dre] Okay. It's okay. Come on.
- Look at me. Look at me. - [Dennis grunts]
All right. Take care.
Go wait over there, please.
- Get him outta here. - Get Charli to school,
I'll take care of him. Get Charli to school, please. Thank you.
- Okay, baby. Let's get your stuff. - [Dennis] They're coming! [grunting]
Okay, that's it! Enough. Outside.
It's okay, Charli, all right? Daddy's just playin'.
It's okay. You have a good day at school.
[Debbie] He don't need coffee, he needs medication.
[Dre] Debbie, where's my blue pen? Why is it not in the basket?
[Debbie] 'Cause it's behind your ear, Andre.
Yeah, nah, don't worry about it. It's on me.
Sorry about the whole commotion.
Have a good one.
How can I help you?
[Dennis] God! They're gonna kill 'em!
They're inside the walls!
They're coming to get us! They're coming to get us! They're gonna...
[grunts] They're coming to get us. They're inside the walls!
[male thug 1] Yo, dude.
[male thug 2] Yo, grandpa! Get him!
- Come on, get this motherfucker! - [Mickey] Ding-dong!
- [old man grunts] - [men cheering]
[male thug 1] Goodbye, old man!
[man] No, you fuckin' failed me! You fuckin' bitch!
- [siren wailing] - [tires screech]
[glass shatters]
[man 1] Yo, why you always walking around, son? Yo, get outta here!
[man 2] Get the fuck outta here.
[man 3] Get outta here. Walk. Keep walkin'.
- [officer] I need a medic! - [Adnan] Get the hell out of my store.
You don't steal from me.
[people shouting indistinctly]
[gun firing]
[woman screaming] No!
[gun firing]
[man 1 on radio] Ground teams, this is bird two-alpha.
[male soldier 1] Get that fucking gun up!
- [plane whooshes past] - [gunfire continues]
[male soldier 2] Cooper's hit! I need a medic!
[man 1 on radio] Viper seven, this is bird two-alpha.
- [continues indistinctly] - [man 2 screams]
[male soldier 3] ...pinned down! We're pinned down!
[gunfire, chatter stop]
[Frank sighs]
[Frank] Hey, baby.
Did our best.
You here, baby girl?
You're just...
You're so far away from me.
[sniffles]
Baby, when you were little...
you couldn't sleep.
I'd tickle your arm for you,
three strokes, baby, you were out. That was it.
I told you I'd never quit, I told you I'd never give up on you.
Baby...
Baby, I...
I don't know what to do.
There is nothing left to do.
[exhales]
I'm fucking tired.
I'm tired.
I'm sorry, baby. [inhales sharply]
Psst. Dad.
[inhales sharply, grunts softly]
Please come up, Dad, please. Come up, upstairs.
Hey, Dad! Watch this!
Dad! Did you see that?
[Lisa] Read me this book.
Dad, this book.
Please, Dad.
[Frank] I'm tired, baby.
Come on, Dad. [echoing] Please.
- Dad. - [Frank] I'm tired.
[Frank Jr.] Dad! You didn't see it?
Hey. I love you.
Hello, honey.
Hello.
Daddy?
Dad, what's happening?
[screaming inaudibly]
Dad!
Daddy!
You don't wanna be here anyway, so just go!
Congratulations. You have what you want.
[Lisa] Dad, make it stop!
[Lisa and Maria scream]
[groans]
[Lisa] You okay, Daddy?
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Hey. Hey.
[Frank breathing heavily]
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey. I'm...
Wait.
No. No, no, no!
No, no, no! No!
Baby, come back!
You come back!
I'm so sorry.
[Frank screams]
[Curtis] You think God's gonna forgive us for the things we've done, Frank?
I'm not sure about me. But you?
I know you ain't got a fuckin' chance.
What, you can't smile? Shit was funny.
Oh, I see, you on your sad sack bullshit.
All done.
Nothing left to do.
Poor Frank.
What's your purpose now, Marine?
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[♪ ominous musical sting plays]
[♪ music continues]
[sirens wailing in distance]
[Ma] Frank Castle.
Sorry if I startled you.
Old woman, knows your name, where you live.
Frank?
I need your help, Frank.
You see...
my family was taken.
Just...
He's a cute kid.
Too bad he has to grow up in such filth.
Can I... Can I tell you a small story?
My entire family, Frank!
Same as you.
Loneliness...
Right, Frank?
It's like a hunger.
A dreadful...
nasty, ever-present hunger
you just can't shake.
But...
for you and me, Frank...
that's all we got.
It was Benny, my husband, he was first.
Who's better than me?
Given his line of work, I was surprised it didn't happen sooner.
[chuckles softly]
He came home at night smelling of some slut's cheap perfume,
some pathetic shade of shit lipstick smeared on his collar.
[gun cocks, fires]
[woman screaming]
[Ma] Bobby.
My oldest. He was next.
- He was a great policeman. - [woman exclaims]
He solved many capers that others just never could.
[moaning, panting]
He was butchered.
- [footsteps approaching] - [gasps]
[Bobby grunts, groans]
[screams]
And then there was Eddie.
Eddie... he lit up every room that he ever walked into.
He created a family of his own.
[child laughing]
[gun firing]
It's a real joy...
to watch your children bear fruit.
[people screaming]
And then there was my prince.
My beautiful Carlo.
Whatever the rumors said,
I knew he never touched a single one of those kids.
He didn't get his hands dirty like the others.
- He was the thinker. - [man speaking indistinctly]
- His mind was his weapon. - [shouting indistinctly]
- [gun fires] - [man yells]
[groans]
- "It's okay, Ma." He said to me. - [shouting indistinctly]
But I knew my sweet prince was wrong.
It was not okay.
- It would never be okay again. - [inaudible]
[gasps softly]
6:47...
A time that will be seared into my heart forever.
You were like a hungry,
avarice animal.
You took everything...
I had.
[Carlo] Look at me. Look at me.
- It's gonna be okay. - [Ma] No, no, no.
No, no, no. No, no!
- [Carlo grunting, breathing heavily] - [Punisher growls]
[Ma] In his last moments, he only wanted to make sure that I was okay.
- That I wasn't afraid. - It's okay.
"I love you, Ma," he said to me.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
But...
you forgot about one thing.
You forgot about me, didn't you?
[♪ music continues]
A small bounty on your head was all it took.
Every madman, crook, and killer
in this neighborhood all worked for us, Frank.
And now, they're desperate.
At 6:47 p.m., this location will be shared.
They will come and they will kill you.
And they will kill anything that gets in their way.
You made your bed.
Now rot in it.
[♪ music continues]
And when that final moment comes,
know it was the Gnuccis who did it.
You didn't finish anything, Frank.
I'm the one who's doing the punishing now.
Come on, Barry. Let's get the fuck out of here.
I'm gonna watch you die, Frank.
[♪ music continues]
[♪ music ends]
[Karen] You scared, Frank?
[tap squeaks closed]
You're not a victim. You chose it.
Come home from deployment, out the door the next day, huh?
Just couldn't wait to get back out there.
You chose it. You chose it over them.
- That's bullshit. I didn't-- - Frank, that was never your plan. Father?
Daddy? Husband?
That was a costume. You couldn't wait to get back where it made sense.
You failed them. You failed them. You fucking failed them.
I know all the things I've said.
It's all to help you, brother.
Where are you?
- You're a failure! - I failed them! I failed.
You failed your family, and now you're failing this city. Coward!
[Curtis] I shall never quit.
Are...
Are you... Are you here?
Karen, are you here? Are you... Are you with me?
Yeah, Frank.
Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, I'm here. I'm here. - Hey.
It's okay. It's good.
I'm always here,
but there's still more for you to do.
- Frank? - Yeah.
What time is it?
[knocking on door]
[man 1] Ah-ha! Over here! Over here!
Come out, Frank!
[man 2] Oh, yeah.
[man 1] Come on!
I hear you, Frank!
- [man 3] Let's go, Frank! Where are you? - [men shouting indistinctly]
Come on! Let's go. Where are you?
Come out!
[shouting continues]
[man 4] Frank! Where you at?
Get out of here!
- It's your lucky day! - [Isaiah's mother screams]
Frank Castle!
Come on, Frank!
[men grunting]
[Isaiah's mother] Who are you looking for?
[Isaiah] Mama!
[Isaiah's mother] He's not here.
- Isaiah! [cries] - [liquid trickling]
Isaiah, run! Please leave us alone!
- [Isaiah] Mommy! - Isaiah!
[Isaiah] Mommy! I'm scared!
[Isaiah's mother] Run! Now!
- Help! - [Isaiah] Mommy!
[lighter flicks open, clicks]
[Isaiah] Mama!
[Lisa] Dad!
Daddy!
[screams]
[♪ somber song playing, Louis Armstrong, "La Vie En Rose"]
♪ Hold me close and hold me fast ♪
♪ The magic spell you cast ♪
[both grunting]
♪ This is la vie en rose ♪
♪ When you kiss me, heaven sighs ♪
♪ And though I close my eyes ♪
- [Isaiah] Get off of my mama! - Leave me and my son alone!
[man] Shut up!
Shut the fuck up!
[groans, grunts]
[Isaiah's mother] It's okay, baby. Come on, let's go.
[mumbles indistinctly]
[groans]
♪ A world where roses bloom ♪
♪ And when you speak angels sing from above ♪
♪ Everyday words seem to turn into love songs ♪
[gun fires]
♪ Give your heart and soul to me ♪
♪ And life will always be ♪
♪ La vie en rose ♪
[man] Where is he?
[groans]
- [gun cocks] - [grunting]
[gun cocks]
[gun fires]
- [gasps] - [♪ song ends]
- [exploding] - [high-pitched ringing]
[panting]
[ringing continues]
[alarm bell ringing]
- [thug 1] Cut him off! Cut him off! - [people clamoring indistinctly]
[thug 2] Don't test me, bitch.
[man screams]
- [thug 3] You wanna be a hero? - [♪ tense music playing]
[men grunting]
- [gun fires] - [man grunts]
- [man 1] Help me, somebody! - [Frank yells]
[man 2 gasping in terror]
[woman] Help me! Help me!
- [grunts] - [screams]
[screams]
[Frank] Stay down!
[woman screams] Get off of me!
[groans]
[gun clicks empty]
[panting]
- [man yelling] - [woman screams]
- [thug 1] I see him! - [thug 2] Castle!
[yells, grunts]
[thug groans]
[♪ music ends]
[grunting]
[thug groans]
- [thug 1] There. - [thug 2] ...stairway.
This way.
- [gun clicks empty] - [man screaming]
[thug 1] We're coming for you, Frank!
[thug 2] Castle!
- [thug 3] This way... - [thugs scream]
[sirens wailing in distance]
- Come on. - [banging on door]
[thug 1] Show yourself, Castle!
- [thug 2] We're coming for you, Frank. - [thug 3] Come on, you little bitch!
[thug 4] Where the fuck you think you're goin'?
- [thug 5] Yeah, he's a dead man now! - Come on.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[thug 1] I see him! I see him!
[gun clicks empty]
[thug 2] Right there. Right there.
- Get that motherfucker. - [Frank grunts]
[thug 3] Come fight, you fuckin' coward!
[groans]
[thug yells]
[thug 4] He went this way!
[guns firing]
- [thug 5 yells, grunts] - [Frank grunts]
[thug 6] He's trapped!
[thug 7 yells]
[panting, groaning]
- [thugs clamoring nearby] - [panting]
[thug 1] Not too bad. Let's get him!
- [thug 2] There! Right there! Right there! - Ah, fuck.
[Frank yells, grunts]
[thug 1] Get off of me. Come on!
What are you-- [screams]
Ah, son of a...
[Frank yells, grunts]
[Frank groans]
[sirens wailing in distance]
Move!
[man 1] Frank fucking Castle! Come here!
[Dre] Get out of my fucking shop.
Fucking motherfucker!
Charli! Get out of my fucking shop!
[Debbie] Charli, baby, stay down!
[Dre] Get out of my fucking shop, you motherfucker!
[Charli] Dad!
Daddy!
[Dre] It's all right, Charli!
It's okay! Daddy's okay!
- [Charli screaming, crying] - [Dre grunting in pain]
[Dre] Get the hell out of my shop, you mother...
- [Charli] Daddy! - [Lisa] Daddy!
♪ Now is the time for me to rise to my feet ♪
[♪ heavy metal song playing, Hatebreed, "I Will Be Heard"]
♪ Wipe your spit from my face Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪
♪ Now is the time for me to rise to my feet ♪
♪ Wipe your spit from my face Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪
♪ I've got to take my life back ♪
[grunting]
♪ One chance... ♪
- [gun fires] - [grunts]
♪ I've gotta have my voice be heard And bring meaning to this life ♪
[Dre] Get out of my fucking shop, you motherfucker!
Charli!
[rioters clamoring]
♪ 'Cause I've trusted for nothing ♪
♪ I've been led astray I've been tried and tested ♪
Help my daughter!
- Help my daughter! Please! - [Debbie] Charli, baby, stay down.
Please help us!
Oh, shit, it's Castle! [grunts]
[Debbie exclaims]
♪ Now I just wanna make good on All the promises I have made ♪
♪ I will be ♪
[screams in pain]
♪ I will be heard ♪
♪ I will be I will be heard ♪
[Debbie] Charli, baby, don't look!
- [Frank grunts] - [man groans in pain]
♪ Wipe your spit from my face ♪
- [grunts] - [yells in pain]
- [knife clatters] - [♪ song stops]
[panting]
[Debbie and Charli crying, whimpering]
[Debbie] Oh, my God.
- [man yells] - [♪ song resumes]
♪ I will be heard ♪
[Frank groans, grunts]
♪ Wipe your spit from my face Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪
♪ Now is the time for me to rise to my feet ♪
♪ Wipe your spit from my face Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪
♪ Now is the time for me to rise to my feet ♪
♪ Wipe your spit from my face Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪
♪ Now is the time for me to rise to my feet ♪
♪ I will be heard ♪
[Frank growls, grunts]
- ♪ Wipe these tears from my eyes ♪ - ♪ I will be heard ♪
- ♪ I will be ♪ - [sputters]
[♪ song ends]
[Debbie] Baby. Don't look, baby, don't look! Don't look, please.
Thank you, thank you.
Oh, my God, thank you.
[groans, grunts]
[Debbie crying]
[panting]
[grunting]
[tool clatters]
[soft thud]
[Dre] Charli?
- [Debbie] Dre! - Charli.
[Debbie] Oh, Dre.
- He rescued you. - [Dre] Come here, Charli. Baby, come here.
We're okay. You okay?
- It's fine. I swear, It's over. - [Debbie] You did good.
[Dre] We're good. We're good. You're okay.
- All right? We're good. We're good. - [Debbie] Oh, baby. You did good.
[Debbie] Come on. You can't even stand up. Come on.
[Dre] No, we're good. What's good, my man?
[Debbie] Are you okay, sweetheart? You okay, baby?
Wait, wait.
[Debbie] Charli!
- [Dre] It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. - [Debbie] I'm so glad you're okay.
This is for you.
[♪ poignant music playing]
[Debbie talking indistinctly]
[Debbie] We gotta get you to the hospital.
- [Dre] No, no, Charli. - [Debbie] We gotta get you to hospital.
Come on.
Baby, you okay?
Thank you.
Yeah.
- [Dre] Easy, girl. - [Debbie] I'm glad you're okay.
[Dre] It's okay.
It's all right. We're good now.
- [Debbie] You did good. You did good. - [siren wailing in distance]
Thank you.
- [♪ music continues] - [sirens wailing]
- [♪ music ends] - [insects chirring]
I met somebody today.
Reminded me of you.
I think maybe you were with me today, baby.
Yeah. Maybe you were with me.
Yeah, baby, maybe...
Maybe I'm gonna keep going, huh?
One batch,
two batch, penny and dime.
Papa Bear is a baker,
and so am I.
One batch, two batch, penny and dime...
Yeah. I love you, baby girl.
Till the end of time.
- [♪ somber instrumental music playing] - One batch,
two batch, penny and dime...
- [Aly] Look at you. - [Charles] What?
[Aly] You can't hide it. It's all over your face.
- What time does the train come in? - 8:27.
- What gate? - 32 B.
- Are you gonna pick up-- - I already got two.
- One pecan, the other one is peach. - [Mickey] Ding-dong.
Already in the fridge.
- [Mickey grunts] - [people scream]
[Mickey breathing shakily]
Yo, Devil Dog, that cover's mine.
[Frank] Hmm.
Take that off your maggot head.
Have the hat, man.
That's not the only thing he took from me.
[♪ thrilling instrumental music playing]
[Mickey grunts, groans]
[Mickey] Please, I beg you, man.
Don't do it.
- [gun fires] - [♪ music continues playing]
[♪ music ends]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[♪ music ends]
[♪ somber music playing]
[♪ music turns dramatic]
[♪ music ends]