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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
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. From TMDB
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Road to Perdition is a 2002 crime drama thriller film, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law.
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60 of 220 · most liked firstRoad to Perdition (2002) Directed by Sam Mendes
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes works of art (paintings, music, film, sculpture, architecture, literature, doesn't matter) are so profoundly influential as to become a part of the fabric of that medium. I think the Godfather is one of those films that inspired an entire generation of filmmakers to weave the special bits into everything they created since. The problem with watching it now is that the craft of filmmaking has spawned from it and molded around it, and the things that made it special are now mundane.…
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Road to Perdition for the podcast last night, and when I sat down at my computer this morning, I thought, SHIT. I need to watch Road to Perdition. If you're wondering how memorable that movie is.
positive · AI labelView post →Trine Was a Masterpiece. Why Doesn’t Anyone Remember?. I get why people love lost media. There's something thrilling about the idea that a half-forgotten cartoon or bootleg VHS might still be out there, waiting to be found. The internet eats that stuff up—forum deep dives, YouTube essays, decades-long hunts for proof. But here’s what gets me: the flip side. The stuff that was everywhere. Huge hits. Critically adored. Easy to find. And yet... somehow, no one remembers. Not lost media. Lost…
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember when Fauci exposed Sen. Paul for the fool he was in public. The thing I remember the most was the look on Paul’s face. It was the look movie villains give when vowing vengeance. A Daniel-Craig-in-Road-to-Perdition look. I hope Fauci wrecks his ass again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Road to Perdition was his last live action film performance and he was so good in it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vky4...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sam Mendes making Road to Perdition, a movie where Daniel Craig murders a bunch of people because he’s jealous his dad loves another man like a son, and then making a Bond movie where that’s Blofeld’s motivation
neutral · AI labelView post →Comics to film 📚=🎞️ Road to Perdition (1998) by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner was filmed in 2002 by Sam Mendes. The graphic novel is notable for its violence, which is reduced in the film. A father-son story precludes the book's repentence tale. 🩸🔫🎩 #filmsky #booksky #comicsky #comicbook
neutral · AI labelView post →It's #LetterboxdFriday! I liked The Prophecy, but didn't think the second one added much. If you haven't seen Road to Perdition that was pretty good, I'd go with that. I think the casting of Hanks detracts a bit but the leads are acting strong in this. #LastFourWatched
positive · AI labelView post →And physical media with creator/actor commentary. God those DVD film commentaries raised a whole generation of cinephiles. (Shout-out to the Road to Perdition commentary that kindled my love for filmmaking.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #257 "Road to Perdition" (Sam Mendes/2002) Excellent gangster film with an incredible cast. Based on a graphic novel which I'd love to read at some point. Seriously, check this one out if you haven't seen it! 4K when?
positive · AI labelView post →Road to Perdition is truly one of the most underrated movies of the 2000s, just a beautiful movie
positive · AI labelView post →there were so many roads in Road to Perdition that filmgoers were often left wondering: which one was the titular way to perdition? film scholars believe they have finally used AI enough to form an answer
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie, but replace one word with the same word from a different movie: Road to Perdition
neutral · AI labelView post →Just rewatched Road to Perdition and man what a movie. Based on the Looney crime family in these here Quad Cities, it's just so damn good. Fun Fact my Grandpa Tom and his dad made moonshine and ran it to Chicago for John Looney
positive · AI labelView post →Max Allan Collins loves to recount the story of how he wrote the graphic novel of ROAD TO PERDITION, which was then adapted into a feature film, for which he was hired to write the novelization — and the producers wouldn’t let him add new scenes he’d intended for the original tale to “their” story.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, I finally watched 1917 and it may be heavily resting on Roger Deakins' shoulders but I enjoyed your movie, Sam Mendes. I still hate your Bond films. And American Beauty. And you should probably still be shot for Road to Perdition no matter how amusing Jude Law was.
negative · AI labelView post →if you like this kinda dynamic honestly check out the 2002 Sam Mendes movie ROAD TO PERDITION
neutral · AI labelView post →Road To Perdition is one of those amazing adaptations of a comic book into a movie most people don't know was a comic book to begin with. The legendary cinematographer Conrad L. Hall posthumously won the Oscar and BAFTA for cinematography for it. #Filmsky #Comicsky #Booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Comics to film 💬=🎞️ Road to Perdition (2002), dir: Sam Mendes, is based on the DC graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Rayner, which is based on the classic Manga Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima... all three are amazing! #filmsky #booksky #comicsky
neutral · AI labelView post →- The Northman - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Unforgiven (anything with/by Clint Eastwood) - Memento - V for Vendetta - Oldboy - Just about any goddamn Tarantino film - Road to Perdition - Leon: The Professional - Gangs of New York - Sweeney Todd - The Princess Bride - Eastern Promises
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I talk Sam Mendes’ Best Director Follow-Up Road to Perdition w/ @oneblakeminute.bsky.social! We talk Tom Hanks as a cold-blooded murder, Paul Newman’s last live-action role and why Emily forgot she watched this movie 24 hrs later.
neutral · AI labelView post →Other than making the best (and the worst) Bond film in the Craig years I think Sam Mendes hasn't made anything of note. American Beauty is pants. Ditto 1917. Road to Perdition was a waste of talent... Jarhead? M'ehhead more like. And Away We Go...
negative · AI labelView post →#AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 2. A movie about organised crime Road To Perdition
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s #Letterboxdfriday so here is the #LastFourWatched for the Movie the Needle guys. Very podcast episode heavy for Si - look out for Sideways next week and Life of Pi and Road to Perdition later in Jul/Aug Carl with not a single black and white movie Si has never heard of…a rarity!! 😅 🎥🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →"Anyone" is a bit of a stretch. I think this is an example of how fragmented media and experience has become. Selling millions of copies in impressive but there are billions of people in the world. And there is also new stuff being released all the time in the worlds of music, tv, film, books and gaming. All of this is jockeying for media attention and peoples attention. These things were important to you as they were part of your formative years or had some emotional resonance., so it makes…
neutral · AI labelView post →Very good adaptation of the manga "Lone Wolf and Cub" by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima written and drawn between 1970 to 1976. It was hugely influential, spawning a number of films, notably two of which were combined into a single US release titled "Shogun Assassin" in 1980. It would also serve as the basis for the graphic novel "Road to Perdition" by Max Allan Collins in 1998, which was also itself turned into a very good movie in 2002.
neutral · AI labelView post →Among movie scores, there are a few that stand out and help inspire my screenwriting. I love Road to Perdition, Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart and Dances with Wolves. #film #screenwriting
neutral · AI labelView post →Today, Movie Slate talks about Road to Perdition - tmblr.co/ZB69gveoUV_T... It's a shame that movie was forgotten by so many. It's an excellent movie, definitely check it out. #WebComic #Pony #MLP
neutral · AI labelView post →Road to Perdition for me. So close to a classic all time film but pulled punches where it shouldn’t have
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember watching Road to Perdition in the theatre. (Really good movie!) Almost everyone dies in some ugly way. I nearly cheered at the end because the dog survived it all.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve lost my sense of smell and am feeling EXTREMELY sorry for myself so I’m watching my weirdest comfort movie, Road to Perdition, which I think is Sam Mendes’ finest work
positive · AI labelView post →God damn this is a good revenge film. Gritty and dark as hell. Don't expect John Wick superhero stuff. This is more like Blue Ruin or Road to Perdition.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mystery Men Sin City Road to Perdition Unbreakable (which is totally a comic book movie, even if it isn't based on a comic)
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge June 5 - movie that focuses on a father's relationship with his son or daughter Road to Perdition (2002) #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your fav non-Dc or Marvel comic book movie Road to Perdition is brilliant. Probably this or History of Violence.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm reminded of the novelization of the movie Road to Perdition, which Max Allan Collins adapted from a screenplay based on his own graphic novel.
neutral · AI labelView post →2. Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins. Collins does the opposite. A faithful (likely because the licensor demanded it) but richly stylish take on the movie adaptation of his own graphic novel. It’s a fantastic read with a snappy pulp feel.
neutral · AI labelView post →Daniel Craig in Road to Perdition. He was creepy AF in that movie and I thought, no idea who this is but this dude is awesome
neutral · AI labelView post →Sketching Tom Hanks - One of my favorite crime genre graphic novels I turn to for art inspiration is called Road to Perdition. It was great to find a moment and sketch Tom Hanks as the lead character from its film adaptation. #tomhanks #sketch #art #portrait #RoadToPerdition
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Road To Perdition last night: this film makes clear that the way generational cycles of evil & violence are ended is by speaking out against the evil, killing the father, ending your own violent life if necessary, and protecting the children from evil violence as best you can
positive · AI labelView post →10 Movies That Made Me Go "Wow, how many years until everyone agrees with me that this movie is terrible?" 10. Forrest Gump 9. American Beauty 8. The Cook, the Thief... 7. The Truman Show 6. Road to Perdition 5. A Beautiful Mind 4. Eyes Wide Shut 3. The Hours 2. Minority Report 1. Fight Club
neutral · AI labelView post →At first this was I thought this was a case of Amazon executives being a bit more "let eat cake" than Bethesda. But I was curious and the Amazon executive in question seems to be [Peter Friedlander](https://theankler.com/p/why-is-peter-friedlander-taking-so) who recently joined Amazon. In addition to being responsible for scripted series at Netflix for ~5 years, Friedlander was also a junior producer for Road to Perdition (2002), Mission to Mars (2000) and Reindeer Games (2000) back in the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Max Allan Collins is one of those writers who deserves his place in the pantheon. He’s also the rare one to write a movie novelization of a movie based on a comic he himself wrote with Road to Perdition.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the blank stares I get when someone asks me what my favorite ‘comic book movie’ is and I say Road to Perdition.
positive · AI labelView post →#FilmSky #MovieSky #ClassicFilm #OldMovies #Movies #Film Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Daniel Craig & Ciarán Hinds in ROAD TO PERDITION. Directed by Sam Mendes. 2002.
neutral · AI labelView post →The first thing I remember seeing Daniel Craig in was Road to Perdition, and I remember the director Sam Mendes said part of the reason he cast him was his blue eyes reminded him of Paul Newman (who played Craig's father in the movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Cousin and I saw the PowerPuff Girl movie in theaters. 4 large, bearded men in leather vests sat down in front of us. We thought they were in the wrong theater, until we heard them talking. “The previews for this were cute!” “Tom Hanks is so handsome in Road to Perdition.” My first leather bears..
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Road to Perdition on Great TV, Die Hard on E4, For A Few Dollars More on Great Action or Whistle Down The Wind on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 10pm, Legend on BBC3. At 10.55, M:I - Ghost Protocol on Film4. At 11.05, Wicker Man on BBC2. At 11.25pm, Royal Hotel on BBC1 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to Daniel Craig, who portrayed gangster Connor Rooney in the crime drama 'Road to Perdition' (2002) and outlaw Jake Lonergan in the sci-fi Western 'Cowboys and Aliens' (2011). #filmsky #movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Re-watching Road to Perdition for the umpteenth time. A 24 yr old movie still holds up beautifully. With powerhouse performances and cast. Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and Jude Law. A Sam Mendes movie. ♥️ www.imdb.com/title/tt0257...
positive · AI labelView post →Beats me. I'm not thinking, "does this do the original justice" so much as "is this good"? But ROAD TO PERDITION is excellent, and the first AVENGERS movie was pretty damn choice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR) "Road to Perdition" is such a masterful contemplation of a film.
positive · AI labelView post →It's adorable that Tom Hanks' two comic book movies are Road to Perdition and Here. He kicked off the Paradox Press Cinematic Universe (which continued with A History of Violence), and now he's launching the Pantheonverse (which will continue if Plan B gets their Black Hole movie off the ground)
neutral · AI labelView post →Road to Perdition has some of the best cinematography I have ever witnessed.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been looking back at some of my favourite comic books and their movie adaptations. I was really fortunate enough to attend the London premiere of Road to Perdition back in 2002, and it cemented in my mind that this is one of the finest comics of all time. open.substack.com/pub/petetrai...
positive · AI labelView post →Many options. Road to Perdition and A History of Violence are probably the best in terms of film making. Perseopolis is up there too.
neutral · AI labelView post →15 y/o me held a grudge against this film for getting the awards attention I felt Road to Perdition deserved
positive · AI labelView post →every day I see another tepid piece of shit movie get a 4K while Mars Attacks, Wild Wild West, Sunshine, My Cousin Vinny, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Road to Perdition, and James and the Giant Peach get nothing. You show me a “just and loving god” and I’ll show you where to put the bullet.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite revenge movie? For me...🖤 Road to Perdition is a close second, but for me, it has to be
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