MOVIE - ROAD TO PERDITION - $$$$$ $$ (OUT OF 10)
STARRING TOM HANKS, PAUL NEWMAN, JUDE LAW, JENNIFER JASON LEE,
STANLEY TUCCI, DANIEL CRAIG & TYLER HOECHLIN
Perdition is both a town, in the movie, and a reference to Hell. Tom Hanks plays a mob henchman who works for the local boss played by Paul Newman. They both have sons, one a good seed (that might turn bad) and one a bad seed that is beyond redemption. The story proceeds from there.
This movie is directed by Sam Mendes who also directed the Academy Award winning film American Beauty. Whereas, American Beauty exposed suburban family dysfunction, Perdition is a gang land tribute to family values. This juxtaposition, of the mob and the burden of proper child rearing, simultaneously propels and undermines the film.
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