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Road to Perdition (2002)
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In Road to Perdition, Tom Hanks plays a hit man who finds his heart. Michael Sullivan (Hanks) is the right-hand man of crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), but when Sullivan's son accidentally witnesses one of his hits, he must choose between his crime family and his real one. The movie has a slow pace, largely because director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) seems to be in love with the gorgeous period locations. Hanks gives a deceptively battened-down performance at first, only opening up toward the very end of the film, making his character's personal transformation all the more convincing. Newman turns in a masterful piece of...
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Road to Perdition Movie Review by Jarrod  (6/2/2008) |
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'Road to Perdition' was Sam Mendes's sophomore directorial effort, after he won worldwide acclaim (and an Oscar) for American Beauty. Based on a graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the movie stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a hitman who works for crime lord John Rooney (Paul Newman). John...
(complete Road to Perdition review by Jarrod)
Sam Mendes' follow up to 'American Beauty' is this tremendous film about fathers and sons, lies and betrayals and the darkness that lies within each of us.
Tom Hanks is cast as a good father with a dark side that he uses to work for the mastermind (the great Paul Newman).
When Hanks' family becomes intertwined with his...
(complete Road to Perdition review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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