Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)
Starring:Hanks, Newman, Law, Leigh, Tucci
Studio: Dreamworks Video
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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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Average customer rating:
- predictable plot line, bad script
- tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies
- A classic
- EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!
- Average Crime Comic Book Flick
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Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)
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ASIN: B00005JLBQ
Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
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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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews:
predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
Average customer rating:
- predictable plot line, bad script
- tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies
- A classic
- EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!
- Average Crime Comic Book Flick
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Road to Perdition (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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ASIN: B00007J6J9
Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
Amazon.com
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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews:
predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
Average customer rating:
- predictable plot line, bad script
- tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies
- A classic
- EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!
- Average Crime Comic Book Flick
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Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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ASIN: B00007L4I9
Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
Amazon.com
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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews:
predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
Average customer rating:
- predictable plot line, bad script
- tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies
- A classic
- EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!
- Average Crime Comic Book Flick
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Road to Perdition
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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- Minority Report (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Amazon.com
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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews:
predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
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Richard Schickel of Time guest hosts. An exclusive look at the film Road to Perdition with the director, Sam Mendes, and actors Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, and Jude Law.
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Road to Perdition
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
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predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
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Road to Perdition/The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Road to Perdition [Region 2]
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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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 work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews:
predictable plot line, bad script.......2007-05-26
That this script came from a graphic novel is extremely obvious. It was a bad graphic novel and a mediocre movie. I like watching Tom Hanks and I had a hard time making it through watching all of this movie. If I hadn't been avoiding chores I would have canned it about half way through.
First major complaint, the plot runs to basically the same thing as in Sin City's "killing my way to the truth". As if it isn't obvious to any moron paying any attention who is cheating who.
Second major complaint for a hit man, he is a rotten killer when it really, really counts. Like when they come after him. He finishes everyone else off with an extra burst from his Thompson submachine gun, why not this guy?
Third major complaint, for a hit man, he's way too trusting. He must know that once made, the only way out is to disappear. And so he doesn't.
I liked the cimatronics, the camera angles, although the pauses in the dialog look just like panels in a graphic novel. Blech.
Tom Hanks is capable of way better stuff than this. My only laugh was that I was imagining a slight time warp and that Mike Sullivan was the war hero from "Saving Private Ryan".
Well this will soon fade into the cinematic dust bin. And none too soon.
tom hanks descends into hell -- not to mention bad movies.......2007-05-12
the hype when this was released had this as one of the big movies of the year, but for once the public caught on and this silly thing has disappeared from consciousness. tom hanks continues the downward arc of his career, and paul newman is utterly unconvincing as the patriarch of a crime organization. what pretends to be a metaphor for the american family is little more than a 2 hour yawnfest; watch "the godfather" for the 27th time instead.
A classic.......2007-04-14
Truly a great movie. Perfectly cast but the best one of all may be Tyler Hoechlin. He gave the best performance by a child actor that I ever saw. Right up there with Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. My favorite Tom Hanks movie will always be Forrest Gump but this is a close second.
EXCELLENT MOVIE HANKS SURE CAN PICK 'EM!.......2007-04-10
One of the many Tom Hanks films that is just excellent! Hanks plays a hit man (which I would not have believed he could pull off!) out for vengence and trying to keep his kid on the right track. A truely great engrossing film!
Average Crime Comic Book Flick.......2007-03-20
Road to Perdition is a pretty stiff flick. It aspires to be an art house picture complete with pretentious cinematography. It features a criminal father who tries to teach his son all the usual important life lessons that so many movies also teach.
Road to Perdition is based on a "graphic novel" that is synonymous for a comic book that is expensive, long, pretentious and done in black and white. This particular work purports to be based on real people, but in reality, the only things real about it is the names of the characters and the names of the places that it is set in. Otherwise, both the original graphic novel and the movie that is based on it have zero connection to real history.
Road to Perdition has the kind of illogical plotting, numerous murders, lack of real women, goofy psychology and a general lack of insight that so many other Hollywood crime flicks have. Basically, this movie is an exercise in absurdity.
For instance, in order to get a shot at the man who murdered most of his family, the killer hero (Tom Hanks) decides to try to force the Chicago mob of Al Capone to release the man by stealing from Capone. In real life, Al Capone always struck back at those who stole from him. He never negotiated with those who sought to torment him. The real Capone would have made short work of Hanks's character.
There are other unrealistic elements to Road to Perdition. Real life gang killers are a hard drinking, hard living lot who beat their women and pay cold shrift to their children. Tom Hanks's killer is a quiet, solemn man who is a devoted family man. A real life serial killer would never, ever apologize to his nine year old son for missing his school concert. Also, Jude Law's killer reporter character who kills people and then takes their photographs and sells them to newspapers is a villain who much better would fit in a Batman type movie than in the oh so realistic Road to Perdition.
All in all, Road to Perdition is just another Hollywood crime flick.
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Road to Perdition [Region 2]
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes
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Collateral / Road to Perdition
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin , Rob Maxey , Liam Aiken , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Tom Hanks
Director: Sam Mendes , and Michael Mann
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