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Tyler Hoechlin as Michael Sullivan, Jr.
Paul Newman as John Rooney
Jude Law as Maguire
Jennifer Jason Lee as Annie Sullivan
Director is Sam Mendes
Review Date is July 28, 2002
Crime Drama-Michael Sullivan is a seemingly normal man who works for old John Rooney. What his kids don't know is that he's a hitman. Michael was poor, and Rooney took him in. But Michael had to work for Rooney. If Michael's wife Annie knows, she's not telling her kids. But once, after wondering what his father's job was, his oldest son Michael, Jr. follows him, where he witnesses his father killing someone. Now someone is after the two Michaels as they hit the road to escape what is going to happen to them.
8/10-In the summer of the sequel (Men in Black, II, Stuart Little 2, Austin Powers in Goldmember), there comes some original, beautifully made movies, like Road to Perdition. The emotions were real, and you got involved with the Sullivan family. It started off slow, but soon came to an exciting adventure. I didn't really understand the relevance of Maguire, the reporter who shoots the dead. Also, the ending was somewhat predictable, but it still got me by surprise (by the way it happened). I was surprised of how tame the language was, because the MPAA just credited it as "language".
I've heard many people say that Tom wasn't good because it was a "bad guy role". I thought he was magnificant. Mr. Newman was really good as Rooney. I'm surprised on how little of a part he, and the rest of the cast, had. It was mainly the "Tom and Tyler" show. By the way, about my earlier comment about this being an original movie, I know it was based on a graphic novel, but it's an original concept!
Rated R for violence and some language.