Road to Perdition (2002) starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig. After his son Michael follows him and sees him at "work," hit man Mike Sullivan (Hanks) is forced to go on the run. His surrogate father, crime boss John Rooney (Newman) hires another hit man (Law) to go after Sullivan. Set in 1931, this crime drama has plenty of gun play to spice up the action, and also a father-son story that keeps the viewer emotionally involved. I, however, found the motivations behind the gangland machinations a little hard to parse out. The revenge story was clear enough, but why did Sullivan's wife (Leigh) and other son have to die? This film leaves out some important little chunks of the story, and I think that's why it is not mentioned today as one of the great films. It does have good subtitles, as well as closed captions. Grade: B+
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