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Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: Jul 12, 2002
Running Time: 119 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Two fathers: Michael Sullivan, a hit man for the Irish mob in Depression-era Chicago; and Mr. John Rooney, Sullivan's boss and the man who raised him as a son. Two sons: Michael Sullivan, Jr. and Connor Rooney, each desperate to earn his father's favor. Jealousy and competition put them all on a collision course, ultimately bringing Sullivan's work into his private life and leading to the death of his beloved wife and youngest son, Peter. Now Michael Sullivan and his surviving son are set on a journey instigated by tragedy and fueled by revenge.
cast + crew
Director
Michael Sullivan
John Rooney
Maguire
Annie Sullivan
Connor Rooney
Frank Nitti
Michael Sullivan Jr.
Peter Sullivan
Finn McGovern
Alexander Rance
Screenplay
Based upon the graphic novel
Novel illustrations
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Producer
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reviews
July 8, 2002
Just a few minutes into this Depression-era crime drama with the fancy-pants title of Road to Perdition, my heart sank. It seemed dour, draggy, in love with its own somber look. Worse, it began with narration, a lazy device. A motherless twelve-year-old boy, Michael Sullivan Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin), stands by a lake, telling us about his father and the bloody road trip that brought them to Perdition -- a real town in Illinois and also a metaphor for hell. Ain't that literary? And get this: Michael…
A 1930s hit man finds himself the target of his own mob and, after his family is murdered, he sets out on a bloody road to revenge. Yet he may find redemption through his surviving 12-year-old son .Tom Hanks and Paul Newman act, Sam Mendes (American Beauty) directs, and the source material was a comic book--excited yet? Story Hanks is Michael Sullivan: by day a devoted family man, by night a gangland enforcer in Depression-era Chicago, carrying out brutal missions for the patriarch of the Irish…
February 25, 2003
If you passed by this Road because you don't like Depression-era gangster films or couldn't buy the idea of Tom Hanks as a hitman, this DVD will elegantly rub your nose in what you missed. Hanks is superb, and Paul Newman is even better as his surrogate father, a hood with a heart unless a man, woman or child gets in his way. Based on a graphic novel, Road is directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), who notes that the story is "in the images, not in the dialogue." And what images. Shot by the…
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