![]() ![]() When the excitable Libby comes into Frank’s life, she is initially enthusiastic and likable. It is noted several times that his costume does not fool many of those who know him, but he does not seem to care. ![]() It is his second personality which he has longed for his whole life, and his bottled-up rage comes out as soon as he wears the costume no matter the circumstance. Frank’s immediacy in putting on his costume implies that he feels safer inflicting violence as the Crimson Bolt even if it is not hiding his true identity. A woman who was hardly involved also gets the same brutal treatment. The man even protests that he just saw him without his costume on and he is not fooling anyone, nevertheless he still attacks him. In the scene where he attacks a man who has butted in line, he is aware that the man has clearly seen his face, yet he still leaves to put on the Crimson Bolt costume and return to confront him. No matter the occasion, he does this without remorse and a delusional mindset that he is making the world a better place. He struggles to determine the extremity of other people’s actions and gives them the same treatment of a bludgeon to the head with his pipe wrench. Frank also takes a television show about a fictional superhero known as the Holy Avenger ( Nathan Fillion) far too seriously, and while these scenes are comedic, the way Frank seeks inspiration from the character has worrying undertones.įrank’s reason for becoming a superhero is to save Sarah, yet he goes looking for criminals in areas where crime is common just so he can fuel his violent tendencies. Frank selects the pipe wrench as a weapon to make up for the fact that he does not have any superpowers, and this is when his violent side completely engulfs and takes over him. In one early scene, he envisions himself stabbing someone in the throat before calling himself “too weak.” This overwhelming feeling of weakness is a common trope in superhero movies in which the hero is essentially irresolute before finding and coming to terms with their power. There are hints of Frank’s mental instability in the film’s early stages, particularly when he confesses that he has been plagued by unusual visions his whole life, which go on to influence the violent side of his personality. ![]()
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