RRoad to Perdition

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IMDB (288,206 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 117 mins
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Road to Perdition

Overview:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

Status: Released (2002-07-12)
Awards:Won 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 82 nominations total
BoxOffice:$104,454,762
Screen:Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner, David Self
Productions: DreamWorks Pictures, 20th Century Fox, The Zanuck Company
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Road to Perdition
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Reviews

John Chard

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Damnation Alleyway. When his son witnesses him enacting a hit, mob enforcer Michael Sullivan finds that the man whom he likened to a father has ordered a hit on him and his family. Too late to save his wife and youngest child, Sullivan goes on the run with his eldest boy and plots ....

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The Movie Mob

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**Overall : With so much going for it, The Road to Perdition is surprisingly disappointing.** After hearing Road to Perdition referred to as a classic multiple times, I was interested. Then seeing that it boasted a cast of Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, and Stanley Tucci and that Sam Me ....

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Peter McGinn

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One should bear in mind that this is basically a mafia movie. I say that because it is presented almost as a dramatic coming of age story, which implies a different sort of story altogether. I mean, there is the coming of age element to it, but it is a brutal, violent film true to it ....

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CinemaSerf

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Tom Hanks is "Mike" - enforcer for the "Rooney" family headed up by patriarch "John" (Paul Newman) with his wayward son "Connor" (Daniel Craig). When an interrogation goes fatally wrong, the father is furious with the son, who then attempts to have "Mike" and his entire family murder ....

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