Road to Perdition

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 117 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Sam Mendes

WRITTEN BY:

David Self

CAST INCLUDES:

Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge. Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) directs this well-crafted mob movie that is altogether sweeping and somber. Oscar winner Tom Hanks (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, FORREST GUMP) leads in the film that was heralded by Newsday as "a gorgeous eyeful and earful of a gangster drama."

SYNOPSIS

Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) is an enforcer for powerful Depression-era Midwestern mobster John Rooney (Paul Newman). Rooney’s son, Connor (Daniel Craig), is jealous of the close bond they share, and when Mike’s eldest son, Michael (Tyler Hoechlin), witnesses a hit, Connor uses the incident as an excuse to murder Sullivan’s wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and youngest son. Forced to flee, Sullivan and Michael set out on a journey of revenge and self-discovery.

Road to Perdition

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 117 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Sam Mendes

WRITTEN BY

David Self

CAST INCLUDES

"What makes the movie pay off is moving pictures of real action and of intimate scenes between man and boy that are all the more moving for being understated."

Wall Street Journal

"While crisply edited and unindulgent, Mendes' work is gratifyingly old-school in its rejection of modern-day stylistic agitation, the better to achieve a slow but inexorable build to its climax."

Variety

"Like all films that count for something, this stunner gets under your skin."

Rolling Stone