The Road to Perdition 2002

[whitehall]

A simple plot based in the violent depression era 30's. The Hanks character is a hit man for the Irish organized crime and his flawed relationship with his family and his renewed relationship with his son is the basis of the story. It's well worth watching.

 

[Devils_Advocate]

A simple plot based in the violent depression era 30's. The Hanks character is a hit man for the Irish organized crime and his flawed relationship with his family and his renewed relationship with his son is the basis of the story. It's well worth watching.

Saw it at the movies and was the last movie I went to a theater for…

Paul Newman was in it and Daniel Craig was in it along with Jude Law…

Very good movie…

 

[1srelluc]

I love the soundtrack.

 

[lg325]

Seen it on the late-night show. It is a Hanks movie I was.t aware of. Great movie.

 

[1srelluc]

Michael Sullivan Sr. is based on Dan Drost — a former Looney lieutenant who joined up with other gangsters after the 1922 Gabel murder. Crucially, he orchestrated the mob hit that ended with Connor Looney's death. In Road to Perdition, Stanley Tucci portrays real-life gangster Frank Nitti, who succeeded Capone as the head of "The Outfit" in 1932.

Is Road To Perdition A True Story? Real Gangsters & Influences Explained

 

[candycorn]

Excellent movie. Sam Mendes is probably the best director of his time.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Seen it I believe 3 times.... right up there with Green Mile.
It is an interesting look into how life was back then as well.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Hanks is overrated as an actor

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Hanks is overrated as an actor

Yeah... I mean he can only play virtually any kind of character there is. There must be a whole 10 actors in history that can do that.

 

[lg325]

Not only play them but makes them believable.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Not only play them but makes them believable.

Exactly.

 

[whitehall]

Hanks is overrated as an actor

I agree. They could have done better but the movie is so well done that Hanks is acceptable as a Irish hit man of the 30's.