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Title: Road to Perdition (2002)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tyler Hoechlin | ... | Michael Sullivan Jr. | |
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Rob Maxey | ... | Drugstore Owner |
| Liam Aiken | ... | Peter Sullivan | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Annie Sullivan | |
| Tom Hanks | ... | Michael Sullivan | |
| Paul Newman | ... | John Rooney | |
| Daniel Craig | ... | Connor Rooney | |
| Ciarán Hinds | ... | Finn McGovern | |
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Craig Spidle | ... | Rooney's Henchman |
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Ian Barford | ... | Rooney's Henchman |
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Stephen P. Dunn | ... | Finn McGovern's Henchman (as Stephen Dunn) |
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Paul Turner | ... | Finn McGovern's Henchman |
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Kathleen Keane | ... | Irish Musician |
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Brendan McKinney | ... | Irish Musician |
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Jackie Moran | ... | Irish Musician |
1931. Mike Sullivan and Connor Rooney are two henchmen of elderly downstate IL-based (Quad City area, though much of the action takes place in the Chicago area) Irish-American mobster John Rooney, Connor's father. In many respects, John treats Mike more as his son, who he raised as his own after Mike was orphaned, than the volatile Connor, who nonetheless sees himself as the heir apparent to the family business. One evening, Mike's eldest son, twelve year old Michael Sullivan Jr., who has no idea what his father does for a living, witnesses Connor and his father gun down an associate and his men, the situation gone wrong initiated from an action by Connor. Caught witnessing the incident, Michael is sworn to secrecy about what he saw. Regardless, Connor, not wanting any loose ends, makes an attempt to kill Mike, his wife and their two sons. Mike and the surviving members of his family know that they need to go on the run as Connor, who has gone into hiding, will be protected through ... Written by Huggo
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Road to Perdition, a movie undeservedly overlooked at that year Oscars is the second work of Sam Mendes (and in my opinion his best work), a director who three years before won Oscar for his widely acclaimed but controversial American Beauty. This is a terrific movie, and at the same time ultimately poignant and sad.
It's a story of a relatively wealthy and happy family from outward appearance during difficult times of Depression when the, Michael Sullivan, a father of two children, played by great Tom Hanks (I'm not his admirer but ought to say that) is a hit-man for local mafia boss, played by Paul Newman. His eldest son, a thirteen years boy Michael Sullivan Jr., perfectly played by young Tyler Hoechlin, after years of blissful ignorance finds out what is his father job and on what money their family live. Prompted by his curiosity and his aspiration to know truth he accidentally becomes a witness of a murder, committed by John Rooney, son of his father boss. Such discovery strikes an innocent soul and it caused numerous events that changed his life forever. The atmosphere of the period, all the backgrounds and decorations are perfectly created, editing and cinematography are almost flawless while the story is well written. But the main line of the movie, the most important moments and points of the movie and the key factor of the movie success are difficult father-son relations in bad times. They are shown so deeply, strong and believable. Tom Hanks does excellent and has one of the best performances of his career in a quite unusual role for him and all acting across the board is superb. Finally worth to mention a very nice score by Paul Newman and in the result we get an outstanding work of all people involved in making this beautiful (but one more time sad) masterpiece. I believe Road to Perdition belongs to greatest achievements of film-making of this decade and undoubtedly one of the best films of the year.
My grade 10 out of 10