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  • Actors: Tom Hanks|Paul Newman|Jude Law
  • Directors: Sam Mendes
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Mar 2003
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006FMG0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,074 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A movie with an impeccable pedigree, Road to Perdition is director Sam Mendes' impressive follow-up to American Beauty, and features remarkable contributions from veteran cinematographer Conrad Hall, composer Thomas Newman and a cast of thespian brilliance led by Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law. Unfortunately, all their fine efforts have been lavished on an essentially predictable story, adapted from the graphic novel, which here unfolds in an overly leisurely fashion. The result is a movie that looks wonderful but feels a little too much like a contrived morality play.

Hanks plays Michael Sullivan, a family man but also a hit man in the employ of mob boss John Rooney (Newman). A surrogate father-figure to Sullivan, Rooney also has a wayward real son, Connor (Daniel Craig), whose duplicity leads to a deadly alienation between the Rooney family and Sullivan. Forced to go on the run with his own 12-year-old son, Michael junior (Tyler Hoechlin), Sullivan seeks both revenge and a way to prevent his boy from one day taking the same dark road as himself. Thus the Road to Perdition becomes both a literal and metaphorical journey for the protagonists.

It wouldn't matter that there's little tension or doubt about the outcome, except that Hanks' character is all too clearly a decent chap at heart, thus undermining from the outset any sense of a real "journey" towards redemption. It remains a delight to see all the principals acting at their peak and so capably directed, but ultimately Road to Perdition seems like a series of magnificently staged set-pieces that doesn't quite add up to the sum of its parts.

On the DVD: Road to Perdition is presented in an anamorphic version of its original theatrical 2.35:1 ratio with accompanying Dolby 5.1 or DTS sound options. Both picture and sound make the most of the impeccable photography and production design. Extras are a feature commentary from Mendes, a series of deleted scenes also with optional commentary, a standard HBO making of featurette, plus photos, text notes and a trailer for the CD soundtrack. --Mark Walker

Special Features

Audio Commentary by the director Sam Mendes
11 Deleted Scenes
HBO Special: The making of Road to Perdition
CD Soundtrack - International Version
Photo Gallery (50 stills)
Cast Biographies
Filmmakers Biographies
Production Notes

Original Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Wide-screen 16x9) Sound & Picture Quality: Dolby 5.1/DTS
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Norwegian

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "There is only one guarantee. None of us will see Heaven.", 27 Nov 2004
By Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews
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This suspense-filled story of Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), directed by Sam Mendes, has as much style and cinematic brilliance as American Beauty, though it is much darker. Sullivan, the adoptive son of John Rooney (Paul Newman), is a cold-blooded killer working for his crime boss "father" in the winter of 1931, when his own twelve-year-old son, Mike Jr., inadvertently witnesses a "hit" in which his father participates. Subsequently, the Sullivans, father and son, take off for Chicago to meet with Frank Nitti (Stanley Tucci), underworld lieutenant to Al Capone. Mike Sullivan, Sr. is also hoping to get to Perdition, an appropriately named Midwestern town, so he can leave is son with his sister-in-law. Sadistic hitman Harlan Maguire (Jude Law), who enjoys photographing the death throes of his victims, is soon on the Sullivans' trail to the midwest.

Conrad L. Hall, to whom the film is dedicated, uses photography to its fullest advantage, winning a posthumous Academy Award for his cinematography. Shot in winter, the film preserves the flavor of early black and white films, with sharp, black and white contrasts, and the use of dark, somber colors, when colors are used at all. Snow, ice, rain, and fog perpetuate the cold darkness of the scenes, and Hall's use of architectural framing is stunning, particularly his repeated use of windows. He keeps the scenes simple, often focusing on individual characters in contexts which reveal their emotional states. In one memorable scene, for example, light from a streetlight outside a window casts the shadow of rain on an interior wall, suggesting both tears and cleansing.

Newman is terrific as an aging mob boss, playing his part with just the right mix of frailty and cruelty (for which he won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor). Tyler Hoechlin, as 12-year-old Mike, Jr., reveals his fears and vulnerabilities at the same time that he shows his satisfaction as the center of his father's attention (winning Best Young Actor from the Broadcast Film Critics Association). Jude Law, made up to look like a true, wild-eyed psychopath, is terrifying. Hanks looks menacing and acts viciously until his concern for his son overtakes all other emotions in a moving, climactic scene, though it is difficult to accept him in the role of a hitman. Period music adds style to the film, and original music by Thomas Newman (and the title song by John Williams), mostly piano and strings, preserves the period tone. Filled with the horror of violence and considerable suspense, this noir film gives a human face to mob violence in the thirties.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best gangster flick since The Godfather, 3 Nov 2002
By Miss Sophie Benger (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Tom Hanks again enhances his credentials as a first class actor for the incredible "Road to Perdition". He moves away from the typical sensitive romantic man to a hardened husband and father who must desperately separate his working life and his home life to preserve at least a little of his soul. However, when the two worlds collide with two ear-splitting gun-shots, Hanks must leave his previous life behind and begin a journey of sadness and self-revelation as he seeks simultaneously a violent revenge on his enemies and a deeper relationship with his son.

The cinematography and music add an extra depth of atmosphere to an already chilling environment. The use of shadow at key moments highlights the distance between good and evil and how we all veer from one to the other at some stage in our lives. Musical dynamics ensure tension as the audience becomes fearful of a shock around the next corner. Sometimes we may become lulled into a false sense of security by the seemingly calm surroundings, but in a film such as this, calmness can only ever be a deception.

This is certainly a film to be watched more than once. There is so much imagery to be dwelt upon and character development to be considered, that it will be necessary to buy the DVD as soon as it is released!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hanks cranks up another classic, 21 Mar 2003
This is a sweeping epic, with some amazing imagery and some superb acting talent on show. Its great to see Paul Newman back for another film along with Jude Law who plays a total wacko crime photographer/hitman and plays the role with relish. But its Hanks who steals the show, the man cant seem to do wrong in the world of movies over the past 10 years of so. I feel this is his strongest role to date, and probably his hardest as he plays a man who's on one side a father, and on the other a cold blooded killer. This is an absolute gem of a film, and one everyone should rush out and see. Sam Mendes deserves a well earned pat on the back.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film
I don't usually watch this genre of film - crime/gangster (although I might class this as more of a crime/period drama) - but I am a fan of Tom Hanks so decided to give Road To... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Roxy Twist

4.0 out of 5 stars Is the mafia still what it used to be?
Nothing to brag about. One more film about the end of prohibition and Al Capone. One more film on the mafia, both Italian and Irish. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
My header says it all, I knew it was going to be good, I mean how could it not be? Tom hanks, Paul Newman.....Jude Law? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Scotty Apps

5.0 out of 5 stars A great movie with impeccable pedigree
Wunderkind Sam Mendes less-than-feelgood follow-up to American Beauty suffered a critical backlash on release, but its daring gloomy photography is breathtaking, and so also is... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

4.0 out of 5 stars Great story with superb acting but a little leisurely
We thoroughly enjoyed this film.Without giving too much away,a village is run by mafia and a boy witnesses a murder leading to dramatic events. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by sm

4.0 out of 5 stars A moving tale of fatherly love and sibling rivalry
I enjoyed every bit of this movie of a two-fold father and son tale between Michael Sullivan vs. Michael Jnr and Rooney vs. Michael Sullivan. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2007 by Ling S. Wong

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and emotional without being over sentimental
I finally got to see this for the first time recently on channel 4, and it proves once again that unless it is positive, the only judgement I can truly trust is my own and I would... Read more
Published on 12 July 2007 by Cropsy's Revenge aka Lando Malak

5.0 out of 5 stars "Whenever people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man...I just tell them he was my father"
Great film with fantastic acting and cinematography. The storyline focuses on two very different father/son relationships and the consequences of them; therefore Road to... Read more
Published on 6 May 2007 by Griffin

4.0 out of 5 stars No Godfather but it is still a great accomplishment
This was a great movie don't get me wrong but it the critics made it to like the godfather (not many movies are). Read more
Published on 15 April 2007 by Jay

5.0 out of 5 stars Just... The Best
This is my no-hesitation favourite film of all time. It is a stylistic take on the gangster/mob genre but it works superbly because it has a solid script and plot behind it. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2006 by Dina J

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