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In one particular trailer, there are two songs used: the first being Celldweller's "Switchback," the second is "Step Up" by Drowning Pool. In many of the TV spots, "So Far Away" by Staind was played.

It's called "In Time" by Mark Collie. Harry Heck only sings two verses of the song. The first 50 seconds of the song by Mark Collie is also looped as the DVD Menu music.

Castle drove a Pontiac GTO, Heck a Plymouth Roadrunner.

"La donna é mobile", from the opera "Rigoletto", written by Giuseppe Verdi.

He used an M4A1 carbine, with an M203 grenade launcher mounted underneath.

While Bobby panicked and pointed his guns towards the Russians, the Russians mistook the motion for an attempt on their boss. The Russians opened fire, killing Bobby. Then the FBI killed the Russians.

The reason the Saints blame Castle is because the deal between Bobby/Mickey and the Russians was brokered by "Otto Krieg". They find out that Krieg was actually undercover FBI Agent Frank Castle. The Saint's logic was that Castle was the reason they were all in on the same deal together and therefore the reason Bobby was killed.

Those hoping for more action and violence in the Extended Cut will be disappointed. Nearly all of the new scenes feature extended plot sequences, making the long comic adaptation even longer. Fans might like the new version, though. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

This is explained in the extended cut which runs approximately 16 minutes longer than the theatrical version.

In the theatrical version we just assume that the information was bought. But in the extended cut we find out that Frank's old partner Jimmy Weeks had a bit of a gambling problem and at one point stole money from an evidence locker to pay off his debts with the Toro brothers, who happen to be allied with Howard Saint. Saint blackmails Jimmy saying they would release this information to the FBI if he didn't tell them everything he knew about Otto Krieg. Jimmy then gives them Otto's real name; Frank Castle.