Howard Saint
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Howard Saint is a fictional villain who appeared in the 2004 Punisher film. He was portrayed by actor John Travolta.
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Saint is a mobster who operates out of Tampa, Florida. Saint works for brothers Mike and Joe Toro, the leaders of the Cuban mafia, but he and his wife maintain a semi-legitimate image in the public eye as the owner of several nightclubs. During an undercover operation gone wrong, Saint's younger son Robert is killed by DEA agents. Determined to see someone pay for his son's death, Saint targets Frank Castle after learning his involvement in the drug bust. In a moment of homicidal rage, Saint's wife Livia demands that Castle's entire family be wiped out. Saint relays this order to his henchmen. Castle's family is killed, but Castle himself survives, becoming the vengeance-obsessed The Punisher.
As the Punisher begins targeting Saint's empire, Saint takes on the services of the best hired assassins his money can buy, including The Russian.
The Punisher survives all of the attempts on his life, and decides to finalize his attack on Howard Saint. While Castle has been openly attacking Saint's operations, he also had another plot in action. Castle secretly stalked both Quentin Glass, Saint's best friend, and Livia Saint, Howard's wife. Due to Castle's manipulation of several factors and producing evidence for his plan, Saint began to have the illusion that his wife and Quentin (who in reality was secretly homosexual) were having an affair. Saint then is convinced of this by the false evidence that Castle manufactured, and proceeds to kill both Quentin and Livia. In the club and unaware that Saint has killed both of them, John Saint questions Howard about Quentin and Livia's whereabouts. Later that same night, Castle assaults Saint's club, leaving mines to prevent any escapes. Then, after the initial assault, Castle then decides to kill Howard's older son, John, by hooking an anti-personnel mine to an overhead lamp and making John hold it with an outstretched arm. As Howard Saint proceeds to escape the club, he is stopped by Castle and the two bitter enemies have a final showdown. The two exchange harsh words, and Saint then begins to hear John screaming, followed by an explosion. Saint goes for his gun, but is shot by the Punisher. The wound is non-lethal. The Punisher then reveals how he made Saint kill Quentin and Livia. After Saint realized this, he finds his foot chained to his car by Castle. Castle then places a satchel charge on the car, and sends it rolling into the parking lot full of cars. He casually walks away and pushes the charge button, and sends all the cars around Howard into fiery explosions. Saint dies screaming as the car drags him across the pavement, into a fire, before exploding. When the camera moves to an overhead shot, the flaming wreckage draws out The Punisher symbol.
