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Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self, based on the first volume of the DC Comics graphic novel series of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner. It stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman (in his final live-action theatrical film role), Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci and Daniel Craig. Set in 1931 during the Great Depression, the film follows a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against the mobster who murdered the rest of their family. The film explores themes such as father-son relationships and the consequences of violence.
Road to Perdition was screened at the 59th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2002, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 12, 2002, and was a box office success, grossing $183.4 million against its $80 million budget. Critics received it well and praised Mendes's direction, Conrad L. Hall's cinematography, and the cast's performances. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Newman, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Art Direction. Hall was posthumously awarded the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
Michael Sullivan Sr., was orphaned and then raised by Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois. Sullivan is now Rooney's most fearsome enforcer. Rooney has come to love Sullivan more than his own biological son, the rash and unpredictable Connor. Sullivan conceals his job from his eldest son Michael Jr., and his youngest son Peter, whom he raises with his wife Annie.
In 1931, Rooney's associate Finn McGovern speaks at his brother's wake, insinuating that Rooney is responsible for his brother's death. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to talk with McGovern; Michael follows them and watches the interaction from hiding. McGovern denies that his brother stole anything from the mob and implies that Connor was responsible. Connor shoots McGovern, forcing Sullivan to shoot the other armed witnesses in self-defense. The men discover that Michael saw everything and swear him to secrecy.
Rooney sends Sullivan to collect a debt from speakeasy owner Tony Calvino. Jealous and paranoid, Connor sends a letter with Sullivan for Calvino. Calvino reads the letter and reaches for his revolver, but Sullivan kills him and his bodyguard. The letter reads, "Kill Sullivan and all debts are paid". Sullivan rushes home and discovers that Connor has already murdered Annie and Peter. Michael was unharmed, as he had arrived home late from detention.
Sullivan and Michael flee Rock Island and head to Chicago to meet mobster Frank Nitti. Sullivan offers to work for the Chicago Outfit in exchange for permission to kill Connor. Nitti rejects his offer and advises Sullivan against seeking revenge. Rooney, listening next door with Connor, reluctantly allows Nitti to dispatch freelance killer Harlen Maguire, whom Nitti orders to kill both Sullivans.
Sullivan plans to take Michael to his aunt's beach house in Perdition for safe haven. Maguire tracks them to a roadside diner, where he and Sullivan converse casually while Michael sleeps in the car. Sensing danger, Sullivan escapes with Michael and realizes Maguire knows their destination. Sullivan then begins robbing the banks that hold the Outfit's money, hoping to pressure the Outfit into withdrawing their protection from Connor. Sullivan teaches Michael to drive so that he can act as a getaway driver.
When the mob withdraws its money from its banks, Sullivan is forced to interrogate Rooney's accountant, Alexander Rance. Rance stalls Sullivan until Maguire appears with a shotgun. Rance is killed in the crossfire; Sullivan wounds Maguire and escapes with Rooney's ledgers. During the escape, Maguire shoots Sullivan in the shoulder. Sullivan collapses from his wound, and Michael drives them to a farm where an elderly couple helps Sullivan recover.
Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self, based on the first volume of the DC Comics graphic novel series of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner. It stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman (in his final live-action theatrical film role), Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci and Daniel Craig. Set in 1931 during the Great Depression, the film follows a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against the mobster who murdered the rest of their family. The film explores themes such as father-son relationships and the consequences of violence.
Road to Perdition was screened at the 59th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2002, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 12, 2002, and was a box office success, grossing $183.4 million against its $80 million budget. Critics received it well and praised Mendes's direction, Conrad L. Hall's cinematography, and the cast's performances. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Newman, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Art Direction. Hall was posthumously awarded the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
Michael Sullivan Sr., was orphaned and then raised by Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois. Sullivan is now Rooney's most fearsome enforcer. Rooney has come to love Sullivan more than his own biological son, the rash and unpredictable Connor. Sullivan conceals his job from his eldest son Michael Jr., and his youngest son Peter, whom he raises with his wife Annie.
In 1931, Rooney's associate Finn McGovern speaks at his brother's wake, insinuating that Rooney is responsible for his brother's death. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to talk with McGovern; Michael follows them and watches the interaction from hiding. McGovern denies that his brother stole anything from the mob and implies that Connor was responsible. Connor shoots McGovern, forcing Sullivan to shoot the other armed witnesses in self-defense. The men discover that Michael saw everything and swear him to secrecy.
Rooney sends Sullivan to collect a debt from speakeasy owner Tony Calvino. Jealous and paranoid, Connor sends a letter with Sullivan for Calvino. Calvino reads the letter and reaches for his revolver, but Sullivan kills him and his bodyguard. The letter reads, "Kill Sullivan and all debts are paid". Sullivan rushes home and discovers that Connor has already murdered Annie and Peter. Michael was unharmed, as he had arrived home late from detention.
Sullivan and Michael flee Rock Island and head to Chicago to meet mobster Frank Nitti. Sullivan offers to work for the Chicago Outfit in exchange for permission to kill Connor. Nitti rejects his offer and advises Sullivan against seeking revenge. Rooney, listening next door with Connor, reluctantly allows Nitti to dispatch freelance killer Harlen Maguire, whom Nitti orders to kill both Sullivans.
Sullivan plans to take Michael to his aunt's beach house in Perdition for safe haven. Maguire tracks them to a roadside diner, where he and Sullivan converse casually while Michael sleeps in the car. Sensing danger, Sullivan escapes with Michael and realizes Maguire knows their destination. Sullivan then begins robbing the banks that hold the Outfit's money, hoping to pressure the Outfit into withdrawing their protection from Connor. Sullivan teaches Michael to drive so that he can act as a getaway driver.
When the mob withdraws its money from its banks, Sullivan is forced to interrogate Rooney's accountant, Alexander Rance. Rance stalls Sullivan until Maguire appears with a shotgun. Rance is killed in the crossfire; Sullivan wounds Maguire and escapes with Rooney's ledgers. During the escape, Maguire shoots Sullivan in the shoulder. Sullivan collapses from his wound, and Michael drives them to a farm where an elderly couple helps Sullivan recover.