Years before reuniting for the James Bond film series reboot, director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig made a mob film with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman titled Road to Perdition.
Gangsters are stereotypically portrayed in movies by Italians, Asians, and Blacks, but Road to Perdition is a slightly different take on the gangster film genre. For one, Road to Perdition is not ultra-violent like most others, and the story revolves mainly around a father and son. More interestingly, Paul Newman, in one of his last film roles, is a mob boss who leads an Irish crime organization in the Depression era, and Tom Hanks plays one of his enforcers. When the son of Hanks' character learned about his father's "occupation" when he witnessed him murder people, their world is turned upside down.
I remember watching the movie in theaters, and Road to Perdition is still one of Tom Hanks' underrated films. It is criminal that Road to Perdition has hardly been discussed since its 2002 release. It may not be remembered as a classic like The Godfather films, but, in my opinion, Road to Perdition is one of the best gangster films ever made.
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