I was so close to going to see this film in theatres but I was 12 and wasn’t allowed lol. But I just watched it and it’s easily in my top list. So damn brilliant it’s fine art
At the end of the movie, he goes back and lives with the elderly couple. Tom Hanks asked them why they didn't have children and the woman told him, "We met too late in life." I think they were the best choice the boy could have made for people to take care of him. They can teach him traditional values, the importance of hard work, and they will love him as their own.
Both of my son's gave my wife and me nothing but trouble. They both ended up going in the military, ones in the Army, the other is a Marine, ironically there both MP's. The change is still unbelievable. Our oldest has been a Soldier for 13 years, the youngest has been a Marine 10. We couldn't be prouder. Thank You.
Congrats to you and your wife Dodge. - for giving your kids a strong foundation early in life to use, to lean on, for strength, when they were struggling while becoming young men. Please thank them for their service 🙏
That shot where Tom Hanks walks into the house after his son and daughter have been shot and sees Michael, Jr. sitting at table...it's like a painting.
As an Irishman myself, I can attest this explanation of an Irish funeral is correct. It is more a celebration of the persons life rather than a terribly sad event. Usually people are drinking throughout the funeral at the local bar.
You would see this several times in The Wire as well. Even though most of the cops weren't even Irish, they would hold funerals at an irish pub and it would always be a party.
The magic of Tom Hanks is that he can be ANYONE. A little kid in a grown man's body, a guy stuck on an island with only a volleyball for company, a mentally challenged war hero, even a gangster. That man is the most diverse actor of our time
Don't forget Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan. I think this was his best performance. A real person thrown into extraordinary circumstances -- having to interact and show real human emotion.
I'm irish Catholic, when my great uncle died not only did we place him on the pool table for the wake, his will said no one was getting anything till the bar tab was paid.
They do the same thing in the tv show “The Wire” when guys retire from the police force... they act like they’re dead on a pool table while everyone drinks and sings songs around them
Growing up on the East coast, I never really rubbed shoulders with the Irish like that. Most of my encounters had been with Italians. But, this movie kinda opened my eyes to why I’m an outsider relatively speaking. Newman did a tour de force in this one, btw.
You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the Layer Cake, son.
One thing I have to admire about former mob and criminals are the ones who specifically made sure their kids never became like them or took up the mantle like they did. It's one thing to make the choices for your own life and live by whatever factors played a part in shaping those choices It's another to rope your kids into it and get then involved in something that can alter their lives or threaten their souls... And i find that element of the film to be interesting Whereas Connor was raised to be a gangster it's clear that he lost his soul because of it Whereas Mike Sullivan sacrifices everything, literally everything to ensure his son won't lose his soul and will have a chance to be something more When Michael tells him he couldn't pull the trigger, it gives Mike his dying wish cause he was afraid his son might grow to be a man of violence like him, but now he knows he won't and he can pass in peace.
I’m the father of 4 boys. This is a short list of trouble received: 15 year old makes a grenade from a Gatorade bottle, 2 totaled trucks and 2 totaled mustangs, fractured skull, broken teeth, sewed on fingers, riding lawn mower on fire and driven into garage, mustang driven through garage door. I could write a hundred more. Praise God for angels!!
Not until the end of the movie, appropriately. When Sullivan Sr. and Jr. are at the beach house. Excellent contrast to the atmosphere of everything leading up to the pair's "escape".
My son was a problem for me from ages 15-25. Went to prison on a 6 month rider (sp). But before he went to prison he had joined the Union. They held his position although he was only an Apprentice. Flash forward 10 years. Turned out as a JOURNEYMAN. Became a respected FORMAN ,a respected GENERAL FORMAN, and is now a SUCCESSFUL SUPERINTENDENT for a world wide multi billion dollar corporation. IF anybody knows the hardships of being a father, it is me. My love for him never faltered. He was once put in a juvenile detention center far away from our home. I moved to that town. Leaving behind my wife and 2 younger daughters to be near so I could visit him on Tuesday and Saturday. Not knowing anyone in that city, I slept in the back of my pickup truck in a sleeping bag in the middle of winter. Found a job, GOT a small apartment. Your unconditional love for your son never waivers. It is tested. Just as GOD TESTED JOB. I am now at the end of my life. I am disabled and not able to work anymore and survive on Social Security. But I have no regrets. I get inspiration from my wife, family, and scripture.
I cant get the image of Tom Hanks tumbling down a hill with perfect form, executing a excellent roll. Now I must watch this movie because I cant imagine Tom Hanks as a gangster, but Im sure he plays a excellent role👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The Road To Perdition is really a perfect film that encapsulates the crime noir genre really well. A really beautiful soundtrack by Thomas Newman who is criminally overlooked.
The entire movie is criminally overlooked. Everything about it was a masterpiece. Stacked cast, gorgeous cinematography throughout, excellent writing, beautiful costumes and scenery, moving soundtrack.... just one of the best movies that most people don't know about. I have no idea why it wasn't a hit when it first came out. An ex-boyfriend introduced me to it, and it's the only part of that relationship I have fond memories of.
The soundtrack is actually how I found out about the movie. I heard it on Spotify years ago, and was like Oh there's a movie based on this music piece? Same thing happened when I first saw the movie "The Fountain" .The soundtrack is beautiful.
Tom Hanks blew me away in Road to Perdition. Like Denzel Washington in Training Day, you finally see the range of these actors when they take on roles that challenge their "babyface" roles of the past. Love this movie. One of the best.
The casting of Tom Hanks in this movie was a big risk. He was known for playing some of the most likable characters in cinema (Forrest Gump, Woody, Chuck Noland), so casting him as a gangster was definitely risky, because he could have easily become too likable to take seriously as one. But, in this movie, he perfectly balances out being the caring father with the menacing gangster.
One of the things I love about this movie is that it's about fathers protecting and trying to teach their sons. Tom Hanks' and Paul Newman's characters, both, trying to do right by their sons, yet their own father and son relationship was brought into conflict.
This movie was not just a regular mob-based movie, it was emotional because of the deep ties between Tom Hanks and his son, and his family overall...I was in tears...really an emotional movie.
Yknow Michael, I’d like to point out that one of the biggest takeaways of this film and its resolution comes at the end. When Sullivan lays dying, his sons last words to him are “I couldn’t do it” to which he replies “I know”. Michael and his son are sent down the Road to Perdition because of the life that Michael Sr. lead. But in the end, I think he found a measure of redemption, which seems in stark contrast to the film’s title. Yes, he was a bad man. Yes, he did what he did, but in the end, his ultimate achievement was that he raised a son who wouldn’t succumb to the same vices and choices he made.
In the film Sullivan tells Michael at one point, one reason he treated him differently then the younger brother Peter was because Michael reminded Mike of himself and he feared his son becoming like him That last line with Michael saying he couldn't pull the trigger is him making the point he's not like his father in the sense of his ability for violence/to kill And that is Sullivan's greatest wish, that his son would not be like him in that way and he wasn't.
One of the most underrated movies of all time. It’s in my personal top 5 movies. If you like other gangster movies I can guarantee that you will like this one.
@@mike6331 He certainly could be. He's one of my favorites to watch along with Daniel Day Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo Dicaprio, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and many more.
Peter O'toole said in 'My Favorite year' when he's an actor nearing the end, "dying is easy, comedy is hard." in other words, if you can do comedy(being funny whenever they say ''roll'') flawlessly, you can play any dramatic role. and Hanks has done flawless comedy.
@@joshuamartindale868 It's a very good adaptation in thought. Hanks gangster basically becomes a Ronin. The art in Lone Wolf surpasses by far the Perdition, and the narrative structure in the adaptation is heavy, lagging. In whole Road isn't a good read. I'd take Lone Wold any day. In this rare case the og comic is worse than the film. Road to Perdition has a cousin, A History of Violence, which film version (by Cronenberg) is also way, way better than the og. comic. Also very nice to see some comic book people in a comment section!
@@kurington.blogspot7876 man.. I just saw road to perdition and suprisingly enough, I have history of violence in my list of movies that I have to watch.. thank you for telling me that it is similar to Road to Perdition, I will watch it sooner than I thought.
This is the best modern movie I have seen. I grew up in this world during the ‘40s.& ‘50s and felt the memories come back in a rush. It was real! I loved it! The casting turned out to be perfect, and I understood what each character was thinking, so the story line is also perfect. I wish there were more films of this quality.
I never think I'm going sit through a half hour review. Most people's videos I cant get throgh 5 mintues. But every review of Michael's I always end up watching every minute no matter how long. Great job. Awesome content. I'm a huge fan
The ending always gets to me. When Paul Newman bodyguards have all been killed and he just turns around to hanks and says “I’m glad it was you”. Then hanks kills him but has a look on his face saying “I loved you. Why are you making me do this”? It was like hanks was torn by both love and hate.
That's why I did not like this movie. To me, it was ridiculous. I think of John Gotti shooting big Paul (I know Gott wasn't a shooter on that hit) and Paul's final words being "I'm glad it was you." Dumb. I'm not disrespecting your opinion and it's cool you and others liked it, but I thought it was beyond corny.
@@nickbrown9163 Haha yeah I see what you mean but when it boils down to it, it's still a movie ya know?? It's a tragedy filled with overarching themes, it's great but it doesn't portray the general scumbaggishness of real gangsters. Paul Newman's character represents a gangster yes but really the archetype of a patriarch. He is honorable (even while being a gangster.) Real life bosses aren't like that.
As a father the scene that touched me the most was when the boy asked him if he likes him as much as the little brother and Tom said “ you were like me and I didn’t want you to be.”
In that scene, you realize Michael doesn’t really know his son. He loves his son and does everything he can to keep him safe, but when they relax and talk about things outside of the Mafia business, Michael doesn’t have much to say to his son. In that sense, he’s just like John Rooney. Both love their biological sons and will do everything to protect them, but, when they deal with each other outside of the mob, they don’t have much to do with each other.
Tom Hanks and Jude Law were fantastic as mobsters in this movie. They shot movie scenes in West Dundee, Illinois and in Elgin,Illinois because of the great historic buildings we have my home town. 💯👌🏽👍🏽 Do Public Enemy with Johnny Depp next.💯👌🏽👍🏽
I had the same thoughts as you did Mike. "Tom Hanks a gangster?!". Yeah right. Those were my exact thoughts when this movie came out and man, was I proved wrong. This role for Tom gave me a whole new level of respect him as an actor.
I was involved in drugs, a house i was in was raided, and everyone there had the own houses raided too, my dad was woken up in the middle of the night by 3 cops, he didnt speak to me for a month but i went to rehab straightened myself out and we were very close till he died two years ago, im sorry to hear about your dad Micheal i know how it feels
I was only 16 when this film was released and only knew about Paul Newman because of salad dressing! I fell in love with his acting in account of this film! Didnt know anything about Daniel Craig either until this flick. Very underrated film!
that diner scene is excellent! and Law makes this eccentric character work, while on paper I'm sure it was daunting for him. a homicide (and homicidal)photographer who shoots people, in more ways than one. I enjoyed seeing him get it.
As far as iv seen so far, funerals are more of a laugh compared to weddings. Where I live in connemara, the toughest part of the day, but the best is when we all chip in to fill the grave at the end of the burial, then we drink like fish and reminisce,laugh etc. It's tough but it's closure in more ways than one.👍
One of my favorite mob movies. Took place in my hometown. My dad painted Mike's house years after the events here, and my grandpa helped build his boss's house. We heard stories about those boys.
I’m glad you finally watched this movie Michael. I recommended it about a month back. I knew you would like it. It’s a diamond in the rough for sure. Anything with Tom Hanks and/or Paul Newman is normally really good.
My Mother literally told me "I wish I never had you!" I was the middle child, my brother and sister were terrible people, I was an honor roll student and band nerd. Never understood why she and my step- dad disliked me so much. But I tried for 40 years to be a good son, being criticized the whole time, before I finally just gave up. I'm not bitter or angry, just got tired of the negativity. I'm a happy successful man at 55, and have 2 talented sons. ❤❤❤❤
I watch this once, every year, when the everyone's out of the house with a bottle of Glenfiddich 21. This story is really about the complexities of a father-son relationship. Yeah, I guess I got some father-son issue's. One of my favourites, beautifully portrayed with a mesmerising soundtrack. Salu
I first found out who you were while doing time in New York while on the Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica New York. I worked in the facility library as a clerk. I was reshelving books one day and one of the books being returned was one of your books. It had a real fancy cover and myself always down for a good mob story checked the book out to read for myself. I took the book back to my dorm and stayed in my cube all night reading it. I read that book from cover to cover in a few hours. It was that good. That book impacted me immensely at the time. I've been out of prison now for almost a decade. Off parole, back home in Texas, and making the most of life. I stumbled upon your UA-cam page about two years ago and have been an avid follower of everything that you put out on here. Great material, and great presentation by you in every video. You have done a phenomenal job with the platform. Nothing but respects to you for all that you have endured and overcome in your life.
Great review! I very much appreciate your review. This is an impactful film that I have watched a number of times. It is underrated. I appreciate Mr Franzese’s thoughts and sincerity. Especially talking about perdition and forgiveness and redemption. It’s so important to understand the gift of redemption we have been given and it’s always there for us.
You are a good man, flawed, humble, and a insightful. You share your humanity with us and if we are open to listen, we learn a lot from your experiences and reflection through your faith. Thank you.
You forgot michael gets his revenge on connor as he is basically handed over after his father is taken out also, I thought the house where hanks dies was the aunts house, but jude law took care of her, and in the end the boy returns to the old couple who pulled the bullet out of hanks? Please do Millers Crossing
Irish culture is all about enjoying life and family!!!! Plus when you add good whiskey, that's Irish. Like they say don't mourn death but celebrate life instead.
@@jamesbodnarchuk3322 Well they do love to enjoy life too. Every culture has a way of sending off their loved ones' spirit to heaven or Vahala( Viking heaven)!!!
@@jamesbodnarchuk3322 Hey if I had to go out, I would go out in style. Life is beautiful and we should always enjoy it and the people in it. When they go they never leave. They are with us forever and that's the whole idea of the Irish Wake. The last drink to honor those who have passed to the next life.
Yes!! This is one of the mob films I wanted reviewed (the other being The Penalty) for quite some time now. Great review! Great underappreciated mob and film in general. Great father/son, or in my case father/daughter movie with lots of growth. But I have to correct you boss(please don't ban me from Slices). When Tom offs Newman and his crew, the job isn't done. It's done when Nitti gives up Connor's location and Hanks blows him away while bathing with a 1911 Colt.
Road to Perdition is originally a graphic novel adapted to cinema, like History of Violence. It was inspired by the famous Japanese manga, Long Wolf and Cub. Both great graphic novels.
One of the coolest special effects in any movie, in my opinion, was Jude Law shooting at the rear window of Tom Hanks's car - the way that was filmed was really cool.
"I'm glad it's You"......That whole scene gives me goose bumps. RIP Paul Newman.
Gotta rewatch it again
Just watched it , one of the last movies made that really had that raw emotion and sadness
I was so close to going to see this film in theatres but I was 12 and wasn’t allowed lol. But I just watched it and it’s easily in my top list. So damn brilliant it’s fine art
This line was said by lefty to Donnie Brasco/Joe Pistone the moment they knew Brasco was a FBI agent.
@@carlocorleone1219 I believe that was Sonny Black, not lefty but regardless absolutely that was the inspiration for the line.
Road to perdition is such an underappreciated movie. Tom Hanks is really great in it, and the movie is really quite emotional.
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At the end of the movie, he goes back and lives with the elderly couple. Tom Hanks asked them why they didn't have children and the woman told him, "We met too late in life." I think they were the best choice the boy could have made for people to take care of him. They can teach him traditional values, the importance of hard work, and they will love him as their own.
Both of my son's gave my wife and me nothing but trouble. They both ended up going in the military, ones in the Army, the other is a Marine, ironically there both MP's. The change is still unbelievable. Our oldest has been a Soldier for 13 years, the youngest has been a Marine 10. We couldn't be prouder. Thank You.
Congrats to you and your wife Dodge. - for giving your kids a strong foundation early in life to use, to lean on, for strength, when they were struggling while becoming young men. Please thank them for their service 🙏
Hope your sons are both doing well! This administration is making life very difficult for soldiers right now.
The military hates mps lol
So both war criminal nazis.
Sometimes its you fucking up your kids. The military is just reality it doesn't change you just forced reality.
Road to Perdition is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's mostly the music and cinematography for me. Much underrated.
Mine too
That shot where Tom Hanks walks into the house after his son and daughter have been shot and sees Michael, Jr. sitting at table...it's like a painting.
@@40thCapeRifles You mean after his son and WIFE have been shot?
The director magnified the great photography too..
Sam Mendes best film
"There are only murderers in this room Michael"
BEST line of the movie for sure.
Gr8 f'n movie
As an Irishman myself, I can attest this explanation of an Irish funeral is correct. It is more a celebration of the persons life rather than a terribly sad event. Usually people are drinking throughout the funeral at the local bar.
"Family Business" with Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, and Matthew Broderick did a good depiction of an Irish funeral too... a good movie as well.
I’m also Irish this is true
You would see this several times in The Wire as well.
Even though most of the cops weren't even Irish, they would hold funerals at an irish pub and it would always be a party.
They do that in Latin America as well. I wonder if it's a Catholic practice
Same with a Scottish funeral
When Paul Newman says I’m glad it’s you he looked at Sullivan as the son he never had epic scene!!!
HARD HITTIN
The magic of Tom Hanks is that he can be ANYONE. A little kid in a grown man's body, a guy stuck on an island with only a volleyball for company, a mentally challenged war hero, even a gangster. That man is the most diverse actor of our time
He's definitely a gifted actor for sure
Not really, only comedy or where he has to play a wooden character.
Don't forget Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan. I think this was his best performance. A real person thrown into extraordinary circumstances -- having to interact and show real human emotion.
Have you seen him as Mr. Rogers?
Tom Hanks is nothing less than great but, versatile acting I chose Johnny Depp.
Love the fact that your open about your religious beliefs!!!! Great respect
Yeah because religious people are normally so quiet and reclusive about it
@@martinjames6431 ....LOL!
I'm irish Catholic, when my great uncle died not only did we place him on the pool table for the wake, his will said no one was getting anything till the bar tab was paid.
They do the same thing in the tv show “The Wire” when guys retire from the police force... they act like they’re dead on a pool table while everyone drinks and sings songs around them
I guess nobody ended up with anything
@@BostonsF1nest The Body of an American by the Pogues.... great song
Growing up on the East coast, I never really rubbed shoulders with the Irish like that. Most of my encounters had been with Italians. But, this movie kinda opened my eyes to why I’m an outsider relatively speaking. Newman did a tour de force in this one, btw.
That’s awesomeness!
One of Tom Hanks most underrated movies and roles. Great review, Mike and congrats on passing 500k!
I love Tom Banks Movies like when he played the one&only Mr Rogers Michael. 💖💓😇
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This movie and “Layer Cake” is actually what put Daniel Craig on the map to play the next James Bond in the early 2000’s
You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the Layer Cake, son.
And Munich
Layer Cake is the anteroom of Casino Royale
Unfortunately he’s still not a very good Bond or actor
@@starwarsroo2448 you’re smokin crack. He’s an awesome Bond and he was great in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
One thing I have to admire about former mob and criminals are the ones who specifically made sure their kids never became like them or took up the mantle like they did.
It's one thing to make the choices for your own life and live by whatever factors played a part in shaping those choices
It's another to rope your kids into it and get then involved in something that can alter their lives or threaten their souls...
And i find that element of the film to be interesting
Whereas Connor was raised to be a gangster it's clear that he lost his soul because of it
Whereas Mike Sullivan sacrifices everything, literally everything to ensure his son won't lose his soul and will have a chance to be something more
When Michael tells him he couldn't pull the trigger, it gives Mike his dying wish cause he was afraid his son might grow to be a man of violence like him, but now he knows he won't and he can pass in peace.
I’m the father of 4 boys. This is a short list of trouble received: 15 year old makes a grenade from a Gatorade bottle, 2 totaled trucks and 2 totaled mustangs, fractured skull, broken teeth, sewed on fingers, riding lawn mower on fire and driven into garage, mustang driven through garage door. I could write a hundred more. Praise God for angels!!
well , damn .
Anyone who turns their life around like you did deserves my respect. God bless you.
Agreed. I’m no angel and am deeply grateful for God’s forgiveness. ❤️
I could not agree more with your statement. Michael and his family deserve all the best.❤
The dark atmosphere of the movie is perfect. There's never a bright shiny day, everything is dim and cloudy. Really sets the mood.
The rain
Not until the end of the movie, appropriately. When Sullivan Sr. and Jr. are at the beach house. Excellent contrast to the atmosphere of everything leading up to the pair's "escape".
Yea Noir films are nice
Ever spend time in Chicagoland in the winter?! LOL!
A sit down with Mr. Franzese would be life changing .....definately
My son was a problem for me from ages 15-25. Went to prison on a 6 month rider (sp). But before he went to prison he had joined the Union. They held his position although he was only an Apprentice. Flash forward 10 years. Turned out as a JOURNEYMAN. Became a respected FORMAN ,a respected GENERAL FORMAN, and is now a SUCCESSFUL SUPERINTENDENT for a world wide multi billion dollar corporation.
IF anybody knows the hardships of being a father, it is me. My love for him never faltered. He was once put in a juvenile detention center far away from our home. I moved to that town. Leaving behind my wife and 2 younger daughters to be near so I could visit him on Tuesday and Saturday. Not knowing anyone in that city, I slept in the back of my pickup truck in a sleeping bag in the middle of winter. Found a job, GOT a small apartment.
Your unconditional love for your son never waivers. It is tested. Just as GOD TESTED JOB.
I am now at the end of my life. I am disabled and not able to work anymore and survive on Social Security. But I have no regrets.
I get inspiration from my wife, family, and scripture.
Never thought Tom Hanks would play a gangster but he was excellent in the roll
U should see his trasvesti tv show
Hanks need to play a villian to complete his career
I cant get the image of Tom Hanks tumbling down a hill with perfect form, executing a excellent roll. Now I must watch this movie because I cant imagine Tom Hanks as a gangster, but Im sure he plays a excellent role👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Tom hanks was on a role back then when it came to choosing acting rolls.
@@deadarmd He played a sort of antagonistic role in The Circle.
The Road To Perdition is really a perfect film that encapsulates the crime noir genre really well. A really beautiful soundtrack by Thomas Newman who is criminally overlooked.
The entire movie is criminally overlooked. Everything about it was a masterpiece. Stacked cast, gorgeous cinematography throughout, excellent writing, beautiful costumes and scenery, moving soundtrack.... just one of the best movies that most people don't know about. I have no idea why it wasn't a hit when it first came out. An ex-boyfriend introduced me to it, and it's the only part of that relationship I have fond memories of.
The soundtrack is actually how I found out about the movie. I heard it on Spotify years ago, and was like Oh there's a movie based on this music piece? Same thing happened when I first saw the movie "The Fountain" .The soundtrack is beautiful.
We've a joke here in Ireland. Whats the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral, one less person😂
Here in the USA the punchline is "one less drunk".
I’ve never heard anyone tell that joke in Ireland.
@@OlympicLeprechaun : My ex wife was on the Irish Olympic team.
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@@davidmurphy8364 : Born in Detroit but lived many years in Kilkenny.
This is one of my Favorite Tom Hanks movie. Paul Newman is great too.
@@garyc39 also a really good film
Tom Hanks blew me away in Road to Perdition. Like Denzel Washington in Training Day, you finally see the range of these actors when they take on roles that challenge their "babyface" roles of the past. Love this movie. One of the best.
Tom Hanks does a good variety of films but this roll was different 4 him
The casting of Tom Hanks in this movie was a big risk. He was known for playing some of the most likable characters in cinema (Forrest Gump, Woody, Chuck Noland), so casting him as a gangster was definitely risky, because he could have easily become too likable to take seriously as one. But, in this movie, he perfectly balances out being the caring father with the menacing gangster.
Hanks probably had a little assistance from his steely persona in saving private Ryan. Albeit steely and distant for very different reasons.
One of the things I love about this movie is that it's about fathers protecting and trying to teach their sons. Tom Hanks' and Paul Newman's characters, both, trying to do right by their sons, yet their own father and son relationship was brought into conflict.
This movie was not just a regular mob-based movie, it was emotional because of the deep ties between Tom Hanks and his son, and his family overall...I was in tears...really an emotional movie.
And Cast Away
It really was an emotional movie
Doesnt sound like a good movie to me.
I saw that movie in the movie theater. It moved me so much. Sullivan wanted his son to go to heaven and not take on the road to perdition.
Probably accurate portrayal of a gangster in the 1930s, loyal, low key, family, but deadly.
yea
Movies are never accurate. Fiction but entertainment
Yes
I've been listening for a while. Your honesty is refreshing. I rock with you!
Yknow Michael, I’d like to point out that one of the biggest takeaways of this film and its resolution comes at the end. When Sullivan lays dying, his sons last words to him are “I couldn’t do it” to which he replies “I know”. Michael and his son are sent down the Road to Perdition because of the life that Michael Sr. lead. But in the end, I think he found a measure of redemption, which seems in stark contrast to the film’s title. Yes, he was a bad man. Yes, he did what he did, but in the end, his ultimate achievement was that he raised a son who wouldn’t succumb to the same vices and choices he made.
Jude Law turns to Michael Jr so menacingly and antagonizing him to act. Michael Sr. After all that saves his son’s purity even while dying.
The son is a weak little twit.
Yep. He saved his son from damnation, even if it meant damning his own soul.
In the film Sullivan tells Michael at one point, one reason he treated him differently then the younger brother Peter was because Michael reminded Mike of himself and he feared his son becoming like him
That last line with Michael saying he couldn't pull the trigger is him making the point he's not like his father in the sense of his ability for violence/to kill
And that is Sullivan's greatest wish, that his son would not be like him in that way and he wasn't.
After Saving Private Ryan I could see Tom Hanks doing anything he wanted to
In that era he did Cast Away and Catch Me If You Can which were fantastic films.
IMO, Tom Hanks is a national treasure.
"He's not Forest Gump in this movie, he's a hitman." 👍
One hell of hitman 👍
@@michaelfranzese can’t forget gulp was a marine sir
An Irish hitman!
Damn good movie. I watch it once a year.
@@caleborde3859 who won the Congressional Medal of Honor
Rest in peace Paul Newman. My other favorite movie that he was in was "cool hand Luke"
Yes. For me, it's 'The Hustler' & 'Cat on a hot tin roof.'
"Now what we have here, is a failure to communicate!"
@@jordanhicks5131 yes my favorite line.
My man can eat 50 eggs.
"What do we do now? "
"Nothin'."
One of the most underrated movies of all time. It’s in my personal top 5 movies. If you like other gangster movies I can guarantee that you will like this one.
Michael finally getting Connor was the icing on the cake though.
*Me still patiently waiting for his review of Once Upon A Time In America*
I hope it's the directors cut. It's over 4 hours long but it's a masterpiece in my opinion. Sergio Leone is hands down the best director of all time
I don't think I have ever watched that one.
The extended directors cut 💯%......amazing that it is still not complete, hopefully scorcese can sort that.... 🤞
My favorite DeNiro flick, James Woods was also great.
Aha me too but i can wait
I never thought Hanks was going to be able to pull off playing a gangster after being a mainstream actor for so long but he did
He's one of the top 10 actors of his generation.
@@travisbryant3185 I put him top 5
@@mike6331 He certainly could be. He's one of my favorites to watch along with Daniel Day Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo Dicaprio, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and many more.
Please don't have a sit down with Sammy
Peter O'toole said in 'My Favorite year' when he's an actor nearing the end, "dying is easy, comedy is hard." in other words, if you can do comedy(being funny whenever they say ''roll'') flawlessly, you can play any dramatic role. and Hanks has done flawless comedy.
Newman and Hanks at the piano was gold.
The Road to Perdition is actually based on a comic book; it's pretty graphic and filled with gang shootouts
Its an adaptation of the Japanese manga Lone Wolf And Cub ☺
@@joshuamartindale868 It's a very good adaptation in thought. Hanks gangster basically becomes a Ronin. The art in Lone Wolf surpasses by far the Perdition, and the narrative structure in the adaptation is heavy, lagging. In whole Road isn't a good read. I'd take Lone Wold any day. In this rare case the og comic is worse than the film.
Road to Perdition has a cousin, A History of Violence, which film version (by Cronenberg) is also way, way better than the og. comic.
Also very nice to see some comic book people in a comment section!
@@kurington.blogspot7876 man.. I just saw road to perdition and suprisingly enough, I have history of violence in my list of movies that I have to watch.. thank you for telling me that it is similar to Road to Perdition, I will watch it sooner than I thought.
it is NOT based on a comic book .
@@ccarrera951 Yes it is. It was written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Richard Piers Rayner.
This is the best modern movie I have seen. I grew up in this world during the ‘40s.& ‘50s and felt the memories come back in a rush. It was real! I loved it! The casting turned out to be perfect, and I understood what each character was thinking, so the story line is also perfect. I wish there were more films of this quality.
frankbalk, I have to agree with you there, wishing for more quality films. May GOD bless.
He tells stories and reviews in such a good way i could listen him for hours. This content is great!
The kid who plays Tom Hanks son went on to become a great actor and a TV show called Teen Wolf is now the Man of steel in Superman and Lois
I was wondering if that was the same kid who played a young Henry Hill in Goodfellas.
Kid was a really good actor. Good movie.
And would most likely have been a professional baseball player if not injured in college.
"we don't get to see heaven."
That one line sums up the title perfectly"
I never think I'm going sit through a half hour review. Most people's videos I cant get throgh 5 mintues. But every review of Michael's I always end up watching every minute no matter how long. Great job. Awesome content. I'm a huge fan
Same
I remember my father taking me to see this movie. Great story telling,great acting. Definitely one of the most underrated gangster movies ever made.
Paul Newman - Le Mans legend. I wish real men like him still raced around La Sarthe, Sebring or Daytona.
Amazing film. Tom Hanks really shines in dramatic roles.
The ending always gets to me. When Paul Newman bodyguards have all been killed and he just turns around to hanks and says “I’m glad it was you”. Then hanks kills him but has a look on his face saying “I loved you. Why are you making me do this”? It was like hanks was torn by both love and hate.
That's why I did not like this movie. To me, it was ridiculous. I think of John Gotti shooting big Paul (I know Gott wasn't a shooter on that hit) and Paul's final words being "I'm glad it was you." Dumb.
I'm not disrespecting your opinion and it's cool you and others liked it, but I thought it was beyond corny.
@@nickbrown9163 Haha yeah I see what you mean but when it boils down to it, it's still a movie ya know?? It's a tragedy filled with overarching themes, it's great but it doesn't portray the general scumbaggishness of real gangsters. Paul Newman's character represents a gangster yes but really the archetype of a patriarch. He is honorable (even while being a gangster.) Real life bosses aren't like that.
That look on Tom Hanks in that scene said to me, I’m exhausted and glad this sh•t is finally over.
The burst he gives him was pure overkill and showed just how personal it was
As a father the scene that touched me the most was when the boy asked him if he likes him as much as the little brother and Tom said “ you were like me and I didn’t want you to be.”
In that scene, you realize Michael doesn’t really know his son. He loves his son and does everything he can to keep him safe, but when they relax and talk about things outside of the Mafia business, Michael doesn’t have much to say to his son. In that sense, he’s just like John Rooney. Both love their biological sons and will do everything to protect them, but, when they deal with each other outside of the mob, they don’t have much to do with each other.
‘He’s a late bloomer!’ ‘How late!?’ 😂😂😂
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I’ve seen this movie at least 10 times. Never gets old.
Tom Hanks and Jude Law were fantastic as mobsters in this movie. They shot movie scenes in West Dundee, Illinois and in Elgin,Illinois because of the great historic buildings we have my home town. 💯👌🏽👍🏽
Do Public Enemy with Johnny Depp next.💯👌🏽👍🏽
Road to Perdition is a master piece
'm so glad you gave the Gospel. Ive been waiting for you to do that in your show. In the end it's the most important thing.
I had the same thoughts as you did Mike. "Tom Hanks a gangster?!". Yeah right. Those were my exact thoughts when this movie came out and man, was I proved wrong. This role for Tom gave me a whole new level of respect him as an actor.
I was involved in drugs, a house i was in was raided, and everyone there had the own houses raided too, my dad was woken up in the middle of the night by 3 cops, he didnt speak to me for a month but i went to rehab straightened myself out and we were very close till he died two years ago, im sorry to hear about your dad Micheal i know how it feels
Who asked ?
@@science5923 Mr. Franzese did. One day you’ll grow up.
I was only 16 when this film was released and only knew about Paul Newman because of salad dressing!
I fell in love with his acting in account of this film! Didnt know anything about Daniel Craig either until this flick.
Very underrated film!
I was blown away by Jude Law's character portrayal, having just categorized him as a 'pretty boy' prior to this movie.
that diner scene is excellent! and Law makes this eccentric character work, while on paper I'm sure it was daunting for him. a homicide (and homicidal)photographer who shoots people, in more ways than one. I enjoyed seeing him get it.
Check out Jude Law's skit on SNL, a take on Shatner and the guy on the airplane wing in the Twilight Zone. It's hilarious!!
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." - 2 Corinthians 5:17
Amen.
Amen! 🙏
Amen
As an Irishman I'm slowly realizing that we do wakes better than anyone else
As far as iv seen so far, funerals are more of a laugh compared to weddings. Where I live in connemara, the toughest part of the day, but the best is when we all chip in to fill the grave at the end of the burial, then we drink like fish and reminisce,laugh etc. It's tough but it's closure in more ways than one.👍
Is it true that you put the coins over the eyes, the same way the Greeks used to do?
This is literally my favorite Tom Hanks movie. Its so much different than his normal roles
U 2
Still hate he died
One of my favorite mob movies. Took place in my hometown. My dad painted Mike's house years after the events here, and my grandpa helped build his boss's house. We heard stories about those boys.
I think "miller's crossing" would be a good one to do soon
Absolutely!!!
It's a must
Mm Classic 😁
I’m glad you finally watched this movie Michael. I recommended it about a month back. I knew you would like it. It’s a diamond in the rough for sure. Anything with Tom Hanks and/or Paul Newman is normally really good.
My Mother literally told me "I wish I never had you!" I was the middle child, my brother and sister were terrible people, I was an honor roll student and band nerd. Never understood why she and my step- dad disliked me so much. But I tried for 40 years to be a good son, being criticized the whole time, before I finally just gave up. I'm not bitter or angry, just got tired of the negativity. I'm a happy successful man at 55, and have 2 talented sons. ❤❤❤❤
Oh my gosh. The one I've been waiting for. Thank you Mr Michael🙏 God bless you and your family.
I watch this once, every year, when the everyone's out of the house with a bottle of Glenfiddich 21. This story is really about the complexities of a father-son relationship. Yeah, I guess I got some father-son issue's. One of my favourites, beautifully portrayed with a mesmerising soundtrack. Salu
Always love how Michael refers to the bad situations gangsters get in as ‘a real problem’ or ‘he knows he’s in trouble’
Right like he’s gonna get a regular spanking and his phone took 🤣
I first found out who you were while doing time in New York while on the Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica New York. I worked in the facility library as a clerk. I was reshelving books one day and one of the books being returned was one of your books. It had a real fancy cover and myself always down for a good mob story checked the book out to read for myself. I took the book back to my dorm and stayed in my cube all night reading it. I read that book from cover to cover in a few hours. It was that good. That book impacted me immensely at the time.
I've been out of prison now for almost a decade. Off parole, back home in Texas, and making the most of life. I stumbled upon your UA-cam page about two years ago and have been an avid follower of everything that you put out on here. Great material, and great presentation by you in every video. You have done a phenomenal job with the platform. Nothing but respects to you for all that you have endured and overcome in your life.
Thankyou for your testimony .... Micheal F......
I've been waiting for it for 3 months, thank you mr franzese
Such an extremely under-rated movie. Anyone who had a father in the mob/gangster can relate to the day you found out what your father was about .
Keep up the great work Mr. Franzese!!! Thanks for all you do!! You helped alot!
I love the assassination scene on the darkened street in the rain... classic cinema and cinematography!
Great review! I very much appreciate your review. This is an impactful film that I have watched a number of times. It is underrated. I appreciate Mr Franzese’s thoughts and sincerity. Especially talking about perdition and forgiveness and redemption. It’s so important to understand the gift of redemption we have been given and it’s always there for us.
My favorite part of mondays!!! thanks!
Same here!
A very underrated movie, Tom Hanks was awesome in this movie.
I love Road to Perdition so much, it’s in my list of my top 5 favorite movies.
Tom Hanks may have 2 Oscars from Forrest Gump and Philadelphia, but he kicked butt with Road to Perdition. I have this movie...
You are a good man, flawed, humble, and a insightful. You share your humanity with us and if we are open to listen, we learn a lot from your experiences and reflection through your faith. Thank you.
Amen Mike I love when you preach the Word! Praise God for our salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ!🙏✝️🙏
You forgot michael gets his revenge on connor as he is basically handed over after his father is taken out also, I thought the house where hanks dies was the aunts house, but jude law took care of her, and in the end the boy returns to the old couple who pulled the bullet out of hanks?
Please do Millers Crossing
Yeah it wasn't a aunt but the old couple where they stayed
That scene when he takes Connor out is one of my favorite. It’s so well shot and the way he just calmly walks in and ends him is so well done.
Congratulations Michael!!! Your hard work has paid off again!!... appreciate your Christian Values as well!
Please mr franzese, dont ever stop these videos. We love them more than you think. Keep em comin
Do the movie “Public Enemies” I believe you’ll really love it!
The best part of this review was hearing you state without any ambiguity that we don't have to be on the Road to Perdition. There is hope in Christ.
I’m Ukrainian half Irish. I was not around but my older siblings talked about the body being laid out in the living room for several days! Wow!
Irish culture is all about enjoying life and family!!!! Plus when you add good whiskey, that's Irish. Like they say don't mourn death but celebrate life instead.
@@rfe8nn2 that was my Ukrainian Gedo though. Lol!
@@jamesbodnarchuk3322 Well they do love to enjoy life too. Every culture has a way of sending off their loved ones' spirit to heaven or Vahala( Viking heaven)!!!
Donbass
@@jamesbodnarchuk3322 Hey if I had to go out, I would go out in style. Life is beautiful and we should always enjoy it and the people in it. When they go they never leave. They are with us forever and that's the whole idea of the Irish Wake. The last drink to honor those who have passed to the next life.
Yes!! This is one of the mob films I wanted reviewed (the other being The Penalty) for quite some time now. Great review! Great underappreciated mob and film in general. Great father/son, or in my case father/daughter movie with lots of growth. But I have to correct you boss(please don't ban me from Slices). When Tom offs Newman and his crew, the job isn't done. It's done when Nitti gives up Connor's location and Hanks blows him away while bathing with a 1911 Colt.
1 of the most underrated Tom Hanks movie of all times
The most underrated
Michael, love you're interviews. Truly a Legend. Cant wait to see what you have planned for the future, good stuff.
Road to Perdition is originally a graphic novel adapted to cinema, like History of Violence. It was inspired by the famous Japanese manga, Long Wolf and Cub. Both great graphic novels.
Michael Franzese I don't think you know how much we appreciate you and your time,the giveaways are just the icing on the cake!!
Congrats to you Michael. You deserve all the best. Happy for your success.
I own this movie and Tom Hanks played a bad ass mobster he nailed that role perfectly 😎👌
I love how this haunting but memorable soundtrack by Thomas Newman is the same guy who did the soundtrack for Finding Nemo.
Mrs. F: He's a late bloomer!
Michael: How Late??!!
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One of the coolest special effects in any movie, in my opinion, was Jude Law shooting at the rear window of Tom Hanks's car - the way that was filmed was really cool.
Road to Perdition is one of my all time favorite movies. The I'm glad its you scene always has me shedding a few tears.
Just imagine that Forrest Gump walked up to all of those bodyguards who were dead on the ground and then just says to them all " you got shot."
Sounds like something ralf wiggam would say
Or better yet “My mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.'” 😂
@@Crazy-77 oh god, i can't imagine that when he said gump's iconic lines
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And when he kills Connor says ‘’ his daddy before him got shot and his daddy before him got shot’’