Road to Perdition
Starring: Tom Hanks (Michael Sullivan), Tyler Hoechlin (Mike Sullivan, Jr.), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annie Sullivan), Paul Newman (John Rooney), Daniel Craig (Connor Rooney), Jude Law (Harlen Maguire)
When John Rooney refuses to hand over his son, Connor, to Michael, he kills John and his men in the streets; Michael then goes to Connor’s hotel room and kills him in the bath tub; Michael gets shot by Harlen (the assassin), but is able to shoot and kill him in return to save his son, Mike Jr, before he dies; Mike Jr. goes to live on the farm with the kind, eldery couple that had helped his dad, finally free from the Mob world.
Comments about this movie?
One of my fave movies. The relationship between John Rooney and Michael Sullivan was more complex than just a employer-employee kind of relationship. It was more of a father-son relationship. I couldn’t help feeling sympathy for both characters. Though he loved Michael like a son, he could not allow him to kill his son even though his son had killed Michael’s wife and son. Michael, of course, wanted revenge, so, as much as he loved John as a father, he had to kill him to get to his son. Neither had wanted the other to die, but a tragic event had forced both of them to turn on each other. The complexities of these 2 characters were well portrayed by Paul Newman and Tom Hanks.
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