DVD 117 mins IMDB 7.7
R
Road To Perdition
Dreamworks (2002)
In Collection
#244

Seen It:
Yes
Thriller, Crime
USA  /  English

Tom Hanks Michael Sullivan
Paul Newman John Rooney
Tyler Hoechlin Michael Sullivan Jr.
Jude Law Harlen Maguire
Liam Aiken Peter Sullivan
Jennifer Jason Leigh Annie Sullivan
Daniel Craig Connor Rooney
Ciarán Hinds Finn McGovern
David Darlow Jack Kelly
Dylan Baker Alexander Rance
Rob Maxey Drugstore Owner
Craig Spidle Rooney's Henchman
Ian Barford Rooney's Henchman

Director Sam Mendes; David Self
Producer Sam Mendes; Richard D. Zanuck; Joan Bradshaw; Tara B. Cook
Writer David Self; Max Allan Collins; Richard Piers Rayner
Cinematography Conrad L. Hall
Musician Thomas Newman

Road to Perdition is the story of a man on the road to redemption as well as perdition. Michael Sullivan Sr. (Tom Hanks) is the enforcer for John Rooney (Paul Newman), who heads up an Irish-American organized crime syndicate. Unfortunately for Sullivan on one of his assignments for Rooney, his son Michael Jr. finds his way to the scene of the enforcing and becomes a witness to the crime syndicate's activities. Sullivan is forced to choose between Rooney, who has become like his father, and his son and embarks on a bittersweet journey to escape from the clutches of the life that he has lived. On their journey they attempt to gain freedom from the mob and also to escape a killer sent to track them down named Harlen Maguire (Jude Law) Sullivan's only hope on the road to Perdition, Illinois is that his son will not follow in the footsteps of his father.

Edition Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.78:1
Subtitles Danish; Finnish; Icelandic; Norwegian; Swedish
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1