I watched it for the first time after getting a little sloshed sitting my my living room on Friday night. I watched it again today... That said...
Road to Perdition blew me away. I went in expecting just another mob movie, but it’s honestly so much more than that. Yeah, it’s got gangsters, guns, and double-crosses, but at its core it’s really about fathers and sons, and what kind of legacy you pass on. The movie hooked me.
Tom Hanks is not the guy you usually think of as a mob hitman, but he absolutely kills it here. He’s scary when he needs to be, but you can also see the love he has for his kid in every scene. Paul Newman, in one of his last roles, just commands the screen. Every line out of his mouth feels heavy, like he knows the end is coming. And then there’s Jude Law… holy hell. He plays this weird, creepy photographer/hitman who made me uncomfortable every time he showed up.
But honestly, the thing that pushes this movie from “good” to “great” is how it looks. The cinematography is insane. Every frame could be a painting. The way they use rain, shadows, and silence is unreal. That big rain-soaked shootout? One of the coolest scenes I’ve ever seen. No music, no flashy editing—just raw atmosphere. It’s beautiful and brutal at the same time.
What surprised me the most was how emotional it is. By the end, I wasn’t just watching a mob story—I was thinking about family, choices, and how hard it is to break cycles of violence. It’s tragic but also kind of hopeful in its own way.
The movie left me feeling... I don't know. You know that feeling when you're sitting by yourself, late at night, in the quiet, rain outside, with a drink in your hand? Not necessarily worried about anything, but a small feeling of sadness? Thats what this movie felt like. And I love it.
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