Road To Perdition (Blu-ray, 2010)

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Michael Sullivan commits murder in the name of his boss, John Rooney. Everything is changed when Sullivan's son is witness to a brutal murder at the hands of Rooney's son Connor...

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EAN5039036043830
eBay Product ID (ePID)102200576

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ActorDylan Baker, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Paul Newman, Liam Aiken, Jude Law, Daniel Craig
Film/TV TitleRoad to Perdition
DirectorSam Mendes
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time117 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2010
FeaturesCommentary by director Sam Mendes\Sam Mendes's feature introduction\'A Cinematic Life: The Art And Influence Of Conrad Hall' featurette\'The Library: A Further Exploration Of The World Of Road To Perdition' featurette\Deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Sam Mendes\'HBO Special: The Making Of Road To Perdition' featurette\Digital copy, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerThomas Newman
ReviewsTotal Film - ...There's inventiveness, intelligence, even brilliance here..., New York Times - ...A truly majestic visual poem....Mr. Hanks does a powerful job..., Los Angeles Times - ...Because it is so careful with its effects, this film's ability to create feeling sneaks up and surprises....This is a story with a will to move us and the ability to do whatever it takes to make that happen..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...Beautifully made, well-acted, brilliantly photographed..., Premiere - ...[Law] helps bring this dark, strange, and ultimately moving film into disturbing places of the sort that most studio movies can't even imagine, let alone depict..., Rolling Stone - ...ROAD TO PERDITION has the juice to get its hooks into you, knock you off balance and keep you that way for two hours. It's a triumph for director Sam Mendes...
Additional InformationDirected by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound to Mafia boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). The mobster's close bond with Sullivan, however, leads Rooney's jealous blood son, Connor (Daniel Craig), to orchestrate a tragic series of events that results in Sullivan on the run with his 12-year-old son, Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin). Soon an unscrupulous crime photographer/assassin named Maguire (Jude Law) is sent after Sullivan and his son, and Sullivan must decide on a course of action as young Michael comes to terms with his father's violent way of life.<BR>Meticulously directed by Mendes and brilliantly photographed by Conrad Hall, each scene of ROAD TO PERDITION has the composition of an expertly rendered painting. Making effective use of rain, snow, and shadows, the filmmakers create a cinematic world that's as dark, cold, and unforgiving as many of its inhabitants. But the film also allows for glimpses of emotional warmth, particularly in Sullivan's relationships with his son and Rooney, his surrogate father. In these roles, the respective actors create complex characters that resonate even in their restraint; Hanks is outstanding as a man of action with little time for words, while newcomer Hoechlin creates an unsentimental portrait of a confused boy, and Newman once again proves why he's a screen legend. And, in a strikingly unflattering role, Law makes the most out of his screen time as a creepy, parasitic hit man. Even in its harshest moments, however, Mendes never fails to remind the audience that ROAD TO PERDITION is a film about fathers and sons; and this is what elevates it from an atmospheric gangster movie to a truly astonishing work of art.
ScreenwriterDavid Self
AuthorMax Allan Collins, Richard P. Rayner
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleRoad To Perdition
Director of PhotographyConrad L. Hall
Consumer AdviceContains strong language and violence

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