Synopsis
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
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Cast
- Tom HanksMichael Sullivan
- Tyler HoechlinMichael Sullivan, Jr.
- Paul NewmanJohn Rooney
- Jude LawHarlen Maguire
- Daniel CraigConnor Rooney
- Stanley TucciFrank Nitti
- Jennifer Jason LeighAnnie Sullivan
- Liam AikenPeter Sullivan
- Dylan BakerAlexander Rance
- Ciarán HindsFinn McGovern
Recommandations
- 100
Rolling Stone
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. The passion and precision of his Road work is staggering. - 100
The New York Times
A truly majestic visual tone poem. - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The movie misfires: It's numbingly cold and soulless, and the zeitgeist stays far beyond its reach. But it's so visually striking you almost don't notice, its relentlessly somber mood has a certain masochistic appeal and, while hardly a career-redefining performance, Hanks is as winning as ever. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Subdued yet percolating with suppressed emotion. - 75
New York Post
Paved with such good intentions and talent that it's sad to report this lavishly mounted gangster epic - the most serious-minded Hollywood film of the season - doesn't come close to living up to expectations. - 75
New York Daily News
Mendes -- wants to have it both ways, to get close to mob life, but be no part of it. And he keeps us at a dime-novel distance, too. He has made a dreamy, poetic impression of a world that exists only on film and in comic strips, and that has no resonance for most of us. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
There's much that's simplistically grand, worthy, and fine in Perdition. If I yearn for less measured filmmaking that cries out with more reckless despair, it's because I think hell on earth is a meaner, much more interesting, and far less tidy cinematic place than Mendes trusts his audience to handle. - 70
Washington Post
There's something impressive and yet lacking about everything.
