A brutally violent yet very beautiful scene. No sound of bullets flying, no screams, yells, grunts. Even the sound if the rain disappears. And no final words from Sullivan as he slaughters Rooney. As someone said before, he just gets business done. And the way Sullivan slowly melts out of the shadows like a ghost into the light after killing Rooney's men was excellently shot. I am a big Tom Thanks fan, and for me this dramatic role of his is my favorite. THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) was my favorite mob film until ROAD TO PERDITION came along. This scene is cinematic perfection itself. Those old days of manners and respect are unfortunately long gone.
Love how Rooney knows it's his time to die as soon as he gets to the car. And Sullivan's grief at having to exact unwanted but necessary revenge is heartbreaking. It's another son killing a father in a story of murdered sons & fathers.
Another thing about this film I like. Frank Nitti as portrayed by the wonderful Stanley Tucci is closer to the real Nitti than Billy Drago's version in THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987). Drago's version of Frank Nitti was an ice-cold, pure-evil, cardboard cutout assassin from hell but in reality Nitti was like Tucci's version here - a suave businessman and right hand man of Al Capone.
I always liked the idea that Paul Newman’s line “I’m glad it’s you” isn’t just his character talking to Tom’s character, but Paul being happy Tom is the one who retired him.
It's even more beautiful when you consider the silence of the henchmen and how plain Sullivan's expression is, then Rooney says he's glad it's him, and Sullivan looks emotional and then it's just deafening, the chaotic sound of a tommy gun. That release of emotion he'd been holding in to get to that point. The sound design was perfect here, intentional or not.
In truth, Tom Hanks was horribly miscast. Imagine Daniel Day-Lewis in this role, but then again... imagine Daniel Day-Lewis in any role. Within a few years, we'll have the ability to replace any actor in any movie with any actor we want.
@@PleaseDontDeleteMyCommentsnonsense, Hanks was perfectly cast exactly because he was not what one would expect in that role. His ‘another day at the office, business as usual’ delivery made the role unshowy, not typical Hollywood, more real. I think it’s Tom Hanks’s best movie.
@bocconom And the camera angles! It's like you're not a part of the audience anymore, you are a witness. You following him into the hotel. The overhead shot, it adds to the drama. As if god is giving him his blessing.
@@Yuurei21 The camera angle shots were fantastic. The one that stands out for me is when he is walking the hallway and you see him from a top down view.
I wouldn't call it business. It was very personal. They did kill his youngest son and wife and were coming for him and his eldest boy. His lack of emotion is because he is a hitman. He's been there and done that.
There is emotion though. Emotion he just doesn't have the words for. He knew all of these people. Rooney senior was practically a father to him, if I remember right. There was loyalty he had for all of these people that ended in his real family, his wife, his youngest son, dead... The person you've trusted more than your own wife, even, and his son kills her, then starts trying to kill you and your son, too? What could you possibly say, that could even begin to address that betrayal? What could you say, when you still care enough about the person that betrayed you, that you have to hesitate for nearly 10 seconds before finally just emptying the entire remains of a 50 round drum on them?
Pro Tip: If automatic weapons are available for a high value protection detail, don't carry sidearms as your primary firearm, carry automatic weapons (a U.S. Recon Marine vet. and former Close Combat Instructor).
Not sure it would have made any difference here - he had the drop on them. The protection detail doing their job relative to the situation would make more odds i.e. using more than one car and bringing the car to the person they are protecting rather than taking the person they are protecting to the car over open ground.
This is a movie and whilst you may have been an instructor.....if you were working on this film it would have been a very short screening. It's theatric for a reason
The fact the 1911 didn't actually fire at all bothers me more than it should. No slide movement. No cocking of the hammer. No cases ejected (though the sounds were added later). come on man!
I'm normally far more observant - good eye, I dint catch that. Even if you account for faster slide movement than you can see, on the last shot, the hammer is still down, and wasn't the last shot or it would have locked back. Very good.
Looks like they saved a couple thousand bucks by not hiring a weapon specialist. In a bathtub scene he is pointing downwards, but the blood splash is way up high, And his gun is not cycling and no shells flying out but you can hear the sound of them falling on the floor. And at the end of the movie at the beach house when he gets shot in the back , the blood is spread on the window, but no bullet went through the glass. 👏👏
As impressive and beautiful the scene is, the very fact that none of the people involved behave remotely in a way circumstances would dictate or necessitate spoils it for me. The moment they see the driver killed the men would disperse and run for cover not presenting themselves as targets. At least one of them would try to cover their boss. The second bullets are flying they would seek for cover behind the car and not just draw their guns and shoot in the open. Sullivan unloads his gun for seconds while pointing at the same spot aiming his gun at the same angle. The first or the first two bullets would have sent his victim to the ground and he had to adjust his aim downwards.
Remind me please, as I recall, Rooney Sr didn’t order the death of Michael and his family, but after Connor had done that unilaterally he chose his biological son over allowing Sullivan’s revenge and thus tried to have them both (father and son) killed, right? Because earlier in the film he scolds his son for what he has done (recognising Sullivan’s capabilities). Or is he scolding him that he fucked it up? Long time since I’ve seen the picture - great film.
5:16… blood splatter doesn’t make sense. If bullet is coming from the top downward, splatter should be BELOW the head; not above it. He didn’t shoot him from the floor.
Any one notice that his pistol had the hammer down instead of in the single action cocked ready to fire position. Ohhh Hollywood, that was a simple thing to get right. Yes im a gun nut.
I know its a cinema scene, and artistically its beautiful, but all I can think in the scene where Hanks kills newman and the henchmen is. 1) 1 bodyguard should have left the bar first and checked the street. 2) That bodyguard should have signalled the car which should have pulled up to the kerb beside the bar, and when the (dead) driver didn't signal back or drive up, should have raised the alarm and stopped Paul Newman from leaving the bar. Then at least 1 more guard should have left to fetch help and another car. I mean this is all just stuff I've picked up from movies and youtube videos on close protection. Sloppy work guys.
That, and in the bathroom, the 1911 45 that Hanks is using never really fired any shot at all. The gun stays at hammer down the whole time. They added the muzzle flashes and sound during post production.
Man, the whole scene plays out on Paul Newman's face. What a fantastic performance.
Newman was fantastic, the actors these days don't come close to him, Brando, Stewart...Hanks can't even play a believable bad guy.
Gives Tom Hanks some credit too. You can see the pain on his face, knowing he was about to gun down a man he loved as like his own father.
A brutally violent yet very beautiful scene. No sound of bullets flying, no screams, yells, grunts. Even the sound if the rain disappears. And no final words from Sullivan as he slaughters Rooney. As someone said before, he just gets business done. And the way Sullivan slowly melts out of the shadows like a ghost into the light after killing Rooney's men was excellently shot. I am a big Tom Thanks fan, and for me this dramatic role of his is my favorite. THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) was my favorite mob film until ROAD TO PERDITION came along. This scene is cinematic perfection itself. Those old days of manners and respect are unfortunately long gone.
Silence and piano keys.
Smooth.
All you need is Thomas Newman
I guess you went deaf when Tom opens up on Paul. All you hear is the gunfire. SMH.
No one taking cover from machinegun fire coming from a concealed position either. Just standing there, shooting into the dark, living in the moment.
Love how Rooney knows it's his time to die as soon as he gets to the car. And Sullivan's grief at having to exact unwanted but necessary revenge is heartbreaking. It's another son killing a father in a story of murdered sons & fathers.
Two of the best possible examples I can think of how to use a soundtrack properly in a scene.
Road to Perdition is one of Tom Hanks best movies. Very underappreciated.
Newman's too.
Another thing about this film I like. Frank Nitti as portrayed by the wonderful Stanley Tucci is closer to the real Nitti than Billy Drago's version in THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987). Drago's version of Frank Nitti was an ice-cold, pure-evil, cardboard cutout assassin from hell but in reality Nitti was like Tucci's version here - a suave businessman and right hand man of Al Capone.
I always liked the idea that Paul Newman’s line “I’m glad it’s you” isn’t just his character talking to Tom’s character, but Paul being happy Tom is the one who retired him.
LOVE how the elevator guy at 4:18 just simply opens the door for him and how the body guard at 4:50 just steps aside. What cinema is supposed to be.
Early 20th Century Cinema it is. Don't doubt it
Regret, sorrow, disbelief, knowing, remorse, understanding are all played out on Paul Newmans face. Masterful piece of acting.
Paul Newman's last line of cinematic dialogue addressed to Tom Hanks.. "I'm glad it's you."
It's even more beautiful when you consider the silence of the henchmen and how plain Sullivan's expression is, then Rooney says he's glad it's him, and Sullivan looks emotional and then it's just deafening, the chaotic sound of a tommy gun. That release of emotion he'd been holding in to get to that point. The sound design was perfect here, intentional or not.
In truth, Tom Hanks was horribly miscast. Imagine Daniel Day-Lewis in this role, but then again... imagine Daniel Day-Lewis in any role.
Within a few years, we'll have the ability to replace any actor in any movie with any actor we want.
@@PleaseDontDeleteMyComments sounds awful
@@PleaseDontDeleteMyCommentsnonsense, Hanks was perfectly cast exactly because he was not what one would expect in that role. His ‘another day at the office, business as usual’ delivery made the role unshowy, not typical Hollywood, more real. I think it’s Tom Hanks’s best movie.
@@powerballminep67 definitely one of my favorites of his.
Three of the most powerful scenes... my favorite movie
This movie is criminally underrated
Not by me.
There’s a joke in there somewhere..
3:59 I love the simplicity of this scene. No grand speeches or over the top gun battle. Just intent and conviction. This is cinematography done right.
Exactly. The music is perfect.
@bocconom And the camera angles! It's like you're not a part of the audience anymore, you are a witness. You following him into the hotel. The overhead shot, it adds to the drama. As if god is giving him his blessing.
@@Yuurei21 The camera angle shots were fantastic. The one that stands out for me is when he is walking the hallway and you see him from a top down view.
The cinematography in this movie is top notch. I really like the film as a whole but the visuals are outstanding
Conrad Hall. One of the all time great cinematographers. 👍
We got Big..Forrest Gump...Philadelphia...Cast Away ...etc....but this has always been my favorite Tom Hanks movie
Same.
Love how Tom Hanks doesn't say any clever words or give any speeches when he kills these guys: he just gets business done.
I'd like to think that's what is more realistic.
I wouldn't call it business. It was very personal. They did kill his youngest son and wife and were coming for him and his eldest boy. His lack of emotion is because he is a hitman. He's been there and done that.
thehonorablereese still would have been shit if he said "You took my family now I'm takin yours" 😂😂
That would've been a PERFECT line! Still, I do like how he says nothing.
There is emotion though. Emotion he just doesn't have the words for.
He knew all of these people. Rooney senior was practically a father to him, if I remember right. There was loyalty he had for all of these people that ended in his real family, his wife, his youngest son, dead...
The person you've trusted more than your own wife, even, and his son kills her, then starts trying to kill you and your son, too?
What could you possibly say, that could even begin to address that betrayal? What could you say, when you still care enough about the person that betrayed you, that you have to hesitate for nearly 10 seconds before finally just emptying the entire remains of a 50 round drum on them?
This is one of my favorite movies.
Special effect when the mirrored door slowly swings to show the bath is a good touch.
It's easy to forget how incredibly well directed all these scenes are, as you are captivated by the acting done in mostly complete silence.
One of the best scenes in any movie, ever.
This movie is so underrated its an amazing mob movie
And now that young boy's about to wrap up one of the better portrayals of Superman himself...
Conrad Hall ASC, cinematography perfection...right there.
Hanks deserved another academy award for this one.
"I'm glad it's you." That's all that needed to be said.
Connor Rooney never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Holy Shit, Forrest Gump killed James Bond!
They don't make movies like this anymore. Really sad
Just more Marvel children’s films masquerading as adult cinema.
Possibly the greatest on screen exit ever
Michael Sullivan the original "Baba Yaga"
In the graphic novel this is based on his nickname was the Angel of Death
Best Tom Hanks ❤
My favourite Tom Hanks film.
I'm Glad it's you........
Pro Tip: If automatic weapons are available for a high value protection detail, don't carry sidearms as your primary firearm, carry automatic weapons (a U.S. Recon Marine vet. and former Close Combat Instructor).
Not sure it would have made any difference here - he had the drop on them. The protection detail doing their job relative to the situation would make more odds i.e. using more than one car and bringing the car to the person they are protecting rather than taking the person they are protecting to the car over open ground.
Seek cover first,
Then return fire.
In any movie or TV. Program one side, usually the good guys have the small arms and the others have the machine guns. Usually the revolvers win.
This is a movie and whilst you may have been an instructor.....if you were working on this film it would have been a very short screening. It's theatric for a reason
Staged like Death of Marat painting. Very nice cinematography!
A masterpiece..what a scene...
It does...both movies are classics....
5:39🥲🥹”when Michael and Son embraced!!!”
It hurt more Sullivan then it hurt killing Paul Newman he was like his father. But it was personal .what a movie
Soundtrack is so emotional powerful.
Dudes gunned down at the beginning: "Yeah I could find cover, but this is so much more cinematic."
My favorite Tom Hanks movie.
6:06 Klaus Baudelaire hugs Woody
FAVORITE scene!
Very underrated movie !!!
Amazing how that 1911 fires without the hammer being cocked!
You hear the hammer cock as he walks down the hall
Tom Hanks. Not just a gangster but a hitman crazy.
Great film. I never thought TH was goid actor until I watched this film.
Mike was surgical with that Tommy Gun.
Movie had a mythic quality 👌
This movie made the greatest Bond. Also marked Cool Hand Lukes film swan song.
I am honoured to have sedn this in theatres
Makes sure the old man has a little time to think about it..i approve.
@Emperorlawson those were Connors guards they knew what orders had been given to Michael, through contacts of Capone.
Goddam this film has it all! Masterful cinema! 😊
At 4:44 he doesn't drop the slide, the audio gets under my skin
This is actually a comic book adaptation
In terms of cinematography, use of colours and stylishness, this movie might be John Wick's grandfather.
Uh, no shells were kicked out of Mike's 1911 at 5:05??? Every 1911 ejects spent shells.
The slide never moves, so it can't eject a casing. A 1911 also kicks, hard.
Noone but weird gun nerds who fetishise the things past all decency care.
Door guard's like, "Well hey thanks Mike! Now I have to clean Fauntelroy's head off the fuckin' wall."
It's not like he didn't aim all three shots down. I guess there were some weird ricochettes.
Perfect scene in a perfect film, sure the Thompson is nowhere near accurate to do what it did but I will look the other way if you will
Notice how, when Sullivan drives back home, the birds are chirping in the background.
5:04 no talking or revenge speech just three shots and walks out
Now why is the car parked so far away from the restaurant?
Because they had umbrellas
What a hell of a movie…
4:30 This long shot is so good
Is it just me or does this music have remnants of Shawshank?
+John T It's weird you say that.......this movie and Shawshank are two of my favorite movies
It makes sense since they both were composed by Thomas Newman.
The killing,the guns,the quiet ness of it all,but what makes me cry…………when he comes back,and his son runs to his arms,gets me every time 😢
To me, this film was all surface, no feeling. Millers Crossing had it all.
To know your choices brought the Grim Reaper you created…
This could’ve easily been called “The Tales of Two Fathers…”
The fact the 1911 didn't actually fire at all bothers me more than it should. No slide movement. No cocking of the hammer. No cases ejected (though the sounds were added later). come on man!
I'm normally far more observant - good eye, I dint catch that. Even if you account for faster slide movement than you can see, on the last shot, the hammer is still down, and wasn't the last shot or it would have locked back. Very good.
I'm glad it's you. X
Looks like they saved a couple thousand bucks by not hiring a weapon specialist. In a bathtub scene he is pointing downwards, but the blood splash is way up high, And his gun is not cycling and no shells flying out but you can hear the sound of them falling on the floor. And at the end of the movie at the beach house when he gets shot in the back , the blood is spread on the window, but no bullet went through the glass. 👏👏
May be he was sitting up at first.
Still sad they never gave Newman an Oscar for this performance.
The music is special...
Love the Thompson, way better than the M3a1.
Not a single one of those goons tried to get cover
It was great when films were about people.
As impressive and beautiful the scene is, the very fact that none of the people involved behave remotely in a way circumstances would dictate or necessitate spoils it for me. The moment they see the driver killed the men would disperse and run for cover not presenting themselves as targets. At least one of them would try to cover their boss. The second bullets are flying they would seek for cover behind the car and not just draw their guns and shoot in the open. Sullivan unloads his gun for seconds while pointing at the same spot aiming his gun at the same angle. The first or the first two bullets would have sent his victim to the ground and he had to adjust his aim downwards.
Only thing missing was to hear the shell casing hitting the ground.
Remind me please, as I recall, Rooney Sr didn’t order the death of Michael and his family, but after Connor had done that unilaterally he chose his biological son over allowing Sullivan’s revenge and thus tried to have them both (father and son) killed, right? Because earlier in the film he scolds his son for what he has done (recognising Sullivan’s capabilities). Or is he scolding him that he fucked it up? Long time since I’ve seen the picture - great film.
5:16… blood splatter doesn’t make sense. If bullet is coming from the top downward, splatter should be BELOW the head; not above it. He didn’t shoot him from the floor.
it makes perfect sense. he stood up, tried to. got shot.
@@GebSpez15215when he shoots him, the gun is angled downward. Daniel Craig was laying in the bath; not standing straight up.
Just noticed the hammer was not back for any of those shots
Any one notice that his pistol had the hammer down instead of in the single action cocked ready to fire position. Ohhh Hollywood, that was a simple thing to get right. Yes im a gun nut.
Plus, there were no spent shell casings ejected when he killed Daniel Craig's character.
The people in the windows look like ghosts. Probably not a coincidence.
Loosely based on a true story of the real John Looney (Paul Newman character) from Rock Island Illinois,interesting story
Great scene
All that machine gun fire and the guy doesn't even turn his back. LOL
Newman was always so much more than a pretty face, unlike so many others.
“I’m glad it’s you.”
that bloke in a shootout still holding up his brolly
Same Type Music as The Green Mile.
Spooky, mysterious, nostalgic, 1930s.
I know its a cinema scene, and artistically its beautiful, but all I can think in the scene where Hanks kills newman and the henchmen is.
1) 1 bodyguard should have left the bar first and checked the street.
2) That bodyguard should have signalled the car which should have pulled up to the kerb beside the bar, and when the (dead) driver didn't signal back or drive up, should have raised the alarm and stopped Paul Newman from leaving the bar. Then at least 1 more guard should have left to fetch help and another car.
I mean this is all just stuff I've picked up from movies and youtube videos on close protection. Sloppy work guys.
... and the music!!!
James Bond aint got shit on Micheal Sullivan.
Great movie……
But wouldn’t the boy feel forever guilty for setting in motion the deaths of his mother and brother?
No New York Mafia melodrama here. Just.......the Chicago Way.
The only flaw in this is Michael Sullivan pulling out his gun in the hallway and, for whatever reason, it makes a sound like someone just racked it.
That, and in the bathroom, the 1911 45 that Hanks is using never really fired any shot at all. The gun stays at hammer down the whole time. They added the muzzle flashes and sound during post production.
That way no one is shot on set.@christ6463
Killing James Bond doesn’t make you James Bond.
Hey I saw the movie when it came out but I can’t remember if he killed his son too ? The one who killed his wife and other son
Thats a major problem with people. They always have some kind of weakness & Theyll Betray & Kill Everyone else to Protect That Weakness.