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	Filmtracks: Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)
		Road to Perdition: (Thomas Newman) The collaboration between composer Thomas Newman and director Sam Mendes continues with Road to Perdition.
		While Road to Perdition may be a 1930's Midwest gangster film in setting, the core of its drama is still rooted in the same genre of family tragedy that made American Beauty into an enticing experience.
		Road to Perdition is a work that may sound simple and restrained during a casual listen, but its ability to maintain an emotional atmosphere of this seasoned depth should not be ignored.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/road_perdition.html (1341 words)

	Road to Perdition - review - Stumped? - Stumped At the Video Store is a Magazine About Movies, DVD releases, actors, ...
		After screening Road to Perdition, it took me a long time to form an opinion about it.
		The one constant in Road to Perdition though is Conrad Hall’s sublime cinematography.
		Road to Perdition was a well-constructed project with a talented cast, director and cinematographer.
	centerstage.net /stumped/reviews/road-to-perdition.html (331 words)

	Road to Perdition - Preview Online
		This ambiguity apart, it is not hard to see what attracted Mendes, with his extensive stage background, to the film: Road to Perdition has all the makings of a classical tragedy without ever losing sight of the narrative drive that makes it successful in movie terms.
		Hell is their destination both literally (Perdition, the titular town for which they are all heading, is a synonym for hell) and metaphorically: everything they believe in is about to be destroyed.
		Road to Perdition’s central character is Michael Sullivan (Hanks), who has been raised from childhood by Mr John Rooney (Paul Newman), the godfather of the Irish mob in Chicago (and woe betide anyone who doesn’t use the ‘Mr’).
	www.preview-online.com /jul-aug02/feature_articles/perdition (685 words)

	John Podhoretz on Road to Perdition on National Review Online
		In this and in other ways, Road to Perdition is a fascinating throwback to the glory days of the American cinema.
		It comes as even more of a surprise that Road to Perdition is a collaboration between Mendes and an old pro of a cinematographer named Conrad Hall.
		Road to Perdition tells the story of a 12-year-old boy's discovery of his gangster father's murderous ways in the year 1931.
	www.nationalreview.com /podhoretz/podhoretz071502.asp (1257 words)

	Modamag.com \| Road to Perdition (Movie Review) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On the surface Perdition is a small town where the boy's aunt resides, but perdition also means the utter loss of the soul, eternal damnation and hell.
		And although "Road to Perdition" is rated R, it doesn't use unnecessary violence.
		"Road to Perdition," essentially a film about a man whose soul is beyond saving but still has a chance to save his son's, could very well be the fourth Best Picture in a row for Dreamworks.
	www.modamag.com /roadtoperdition.htm (1435 words)

	Road to Perdition by Thomas Newman
		Road To Perdition doesn’t quite have the same memorable motifs that are easily associated with the images in the film as with Beauty, however.
		Perdition is a mood symphony, awash in bleak melancholy and beautifully sparse melodies.
		All artwork from Road to Perdition is exclusive property of Decca Records (c) 2002.
	www.tracksounds.com /reviews/road_perdition.htm (809 words)

	The Road to Perdition
		The Road to Perdition is based on a graphic novel (for those who don't know - big comic book) by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, and adapted by David Self (Thirteen Days, The Haunting), and has a higher profile because it the choice for director Sam Mendes as his follow-up to American Beauty.
		The Road to Perdition is a tale about fathers and sons, and the effect they have on each other and others.
		So while The Road to Perdition may have its (small) flaws, it is still much better than most of what is out there currently.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/road_to_perdition.html (778 words)

	Road to Perdition
		Road to Perdition is one of the most anticipated films of the year.
		It's answered in a series of bloody, artfully staged battles including a nearly silent mob war in which the only sound heard is that of the rain, so heavy it threatens to flood the streets.
		It is the legendary cinematographer Conrad Hall who leaves the most dramatic mark on Road to Perdition.
	www.angelfire.com /oh2/writer/roadtoperdition.html (635 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Road to Perdition [2002]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A movie with an impeccable pedigree, Road to Perdition is director Sam Mendes' impressive follow-up to American Beauty, and features remarkable contributions from veteran cinematographer Conrad Hall, composer Thomas Newman and a cast of thespian brilliance led by Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law.
		On the DVD: Road to Perdition is presented in an anamorphic version of its original theatrical 2.35:1 ratio with accompanying Dolby 5.1 or DTS sound options.
		I saw Road to perdition on the back of good reviews when it came out at the cinema but knew little of what it was about.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006FMG0 (1053 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Road to Perdition (2002)
		The early 1930's Gangster Land village of Road to Perdition is a beautiful, poetic, and well-crafted section of the Irish Mafia quarter.
		The village of Perdition very well may be the closest the Irish population of Gangster Land has ever approached the neighborhood of the Godfather trilogy (though its influence on other villages and cities of Gangster Land has yet to be seen).
		His Harlen Maguire persona in Road to Perdition is a rather unpleasant one.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/r/roadtoperdition.htm (1202 words)

	Road to Perdition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Perdition takes a simple revenge tale, adds a dollop of sins-of-the-father melodrama, and inflates the flimsy result to Biblical proportions.
		Perdition would serve as the vehicle for Tom Hanks' first "bad guy" performance, the star delivers another of his flawed but noble saints.
		Road to Perdition treats this theme with the kind of grandiose solemnity Academy Award voters can't resist.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies4/RoadtoPerdition.htm (694 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
		One aspect of "Road To Perdition" that has especially resonated with fans is the diverse array of characters and the way Collins was able to give each a unique identity in the story.
		Prior to 'Road To Perdition,' I wrote a lengthy article about the manga and the movies it spawned that was published in 'Asian Cult Cinema' and elsewhere.
		If you're wondering how "Road to Perdition" made the transition from comic book to major motion picture, Collins is glad to explain how it all came about.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=1240 (5398 words)

	Review: Road to Perdition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I was pulled into Road to Perdition as much by the setting as by the story, however; while the film never ceased to engage me over its two-hour running length, I failed to develop an emotional bond with any of the characters.
		Road to Perdition allows you to feel, smell, and breathe the air of 1930s Chicago.
		At its heart, Road to Perdition is a little drama about fathers, sons, and the covenants they make and break.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/r/road_perdition.html (1124 words)

	Road to Perdition
		The finale, 'Road to Perdition', is an upbeat, thematically satisfying conclusion to the gentle desperation that preceded it.
		Road to Perdition's closest musical cousin is probably The Shawshank Redemption, albeit with a slightly darker and more confrontational aspect this time around - where Shawshank was, quite literally about redemption, this is all about revenge, and the gloomier mood is reflected in the music.
		Nevertheless, Road to Perdition is still an accomplished work, and a commendable addition to the Newman canon.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /roadperdcd.htm (892 words)

	Road to Perdition
		Proving his victory at the 2000 Academy Award ceremony was no fluke, Mendes comes through with Road to Perdition, a 30‘s gangster epic that rivals most films in its genre.
		There is a hauntingly beautiful detachment to Road to Perdition undetected in previous movies dealing with organized crime.
		Accepting a mainstream film as dark and moody as Road to Perdition is, admittedly for some viewers, a difficult pill to swallow.
	www.movienavigator.org /roadtoperdition.htm (735 words)

	CineMazing: Road to Perdition
		As it stands now, Road to Perdition (they dropped the article) is a ponderous and boring betrayal of the source, a high class reworking of seamy genre material, a self-regarding, humorless film smitten with its own gravitas.
		The Road to Perdition, the book, published in 1998, is a tale about Michael O'Sullivan, a hit man for the real life Looney gang in what was then called the Tri Cities area—Moline, Davenport, and Rock City.
		In large part, The Road to Perdition is an American remake of the Lone Wolf and Cub mangas.
	www.dvdtalk.com /aisleview/archives/000382.html (1966 words)

	Road to Perdition - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Movies as narratively masterly and as immaculately rendered as "Road to Perdition" are disgracefully rare.
		Partly because parts of it are so well observed from the vantage of an impressionable boy caught between "Lone Ranger" fantasies and familial realities, it filters through a curtain of innocence and a child's longing to belong to his father.
		"Road to Perdition" is absorbing, taut, atmospheric, briefly funny and finally touching.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_80580.html (753 words)

	Road to Perdition movie review
		Road to Perdition is one heavy drama, with emphasis on the "heavy".
		Road to Perdition is just missing that final "spark" which would propel it to instant classic status and earn it another star.
		Don't let that keep you from seeing this one though, it is well worth your time if for no other reason than to marvel at the film itself.
	www.moviesforguys.com /drama/reviews/roadtoperdition.shtml (380 words)

	Cinema Confidential Review: "The Road to Perdition" (2002)
		Tom Hanks is as glum and somber as he’s ever been, counter-acting to his usual nice guy and dignified image in this summer’s "Road to Perdition." This is Sam Mendes’ follow-up to his Oscar-winning film "American Beauty," where he attempts to look at the dark side of 1931 Depression era Chicago.
		Underneath the mask, Perdition is a road movie where father and son bond while the simplest and most predictable moral themes are deciphered far ahead of when any of the characters figure out the epiphanies for themselves.
		Perdition is an artfully overproduced movie, but it doesn’t make it bad.
	www.cinecon.com /reviews/roadtoperdition.shtml (852 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Road to Perdition
		He waited and waited for the perfect script until it finally landed at his feet, the adaptation of a graphic novel entitled "Road to Perdition".
		"Road to Perdition" is a very violent, very grim film, but delivers a powerful and touching message about love and loyalty.
		"Road to Perdition" is a fantastic film, which I am certain will receive its share of Oscar prestige.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/roadtoperdition.html (1441 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Road to Perdition
		Forced to go on the run, a family tragedy compels Sullivan to seek revenge against his boss (Newman) and the latter's unhinged son (Craig), while remaining one step ahead of the freelance assassin (Law) they've hired to kill him.
		Based on a graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, "Road to Perdition" is a powerful, atmospheric crime thriller that blends "Godfather"-style mayhem with philosophical meditations on the nature of good and evil, and the relationship between sons and their fathers.
		Perdition is another word for Hell, and thanks to cinematographer Conrad L Hall, there is no shortage of doom-laden symbolism here.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2002/09/13/road_to_perdition_2002_review.shtml (366 words)

	Box Office Mojo > Movie Review > Road to Perdition
		Based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Rayner, Road to Perdition takes place in a world where "business" is done late at night in dark alleys and abandoned buildings.
		Hanks and his fellow mobsters are oblivious to the down pouring rain which runs off the brims of their hats like a rushing gutter and sops their dark trench coats.
		The movie shows not just one man, but an entire culture of mobsters who are on their roads to perdition.
	www.boxofficemojo.com /reviews?id=104&p=.htm (560 words)

	ROAD TO PERDITION
		“Perdition” refers to two things: It's a small town in Kansas to which our two protagonists are headed, as well as a fancy word meaning eternal damnation.
		(newcomer Tyler Hoechlin) are on that titular road, but it remains unclear which definition of Perdition awaits them at the end of their journey.
		Perdition is the third slick adaptation of a graphic novel in less than a year (following Ghost World and From Hell), and it's able to tell much more of a story than the vast majority of films adapted from more traditional sources (like that Ya-Ya bullshit, which was based on two full-length books).
	www.sick-boy.com /roadtoperdition.htm (798 words)

	The Flick Filosopher \| Road to Perdition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Don't tell the snoots, but Road to Perdition is pulpy to its core, in a way that recognizes the fundamental, mythic themes of pulp fiction, those of vengeance and honor and self-discovery.
		On this road to hell, the journey, not only the destination, is the point.
		The elemental wallop that Road to Perdition delivers is like the one that keeps kids up at night, reading comic books under the covers with a flashlight: the realization that these mythic stories -- of Batman or Cain and Abel or the Michaels Sullivan -- aren't just mythic but apply to us all.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2002/roadtoperdition.shtml (783 words)

	Road to Perdition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There's no shortage of movies featuring anti-heroes on vengeance sprees, but Road to Perdition does a magnificent job of making us care about a man who is - let's face it - an amoral killer who finally finds the shoe on the other foot.
		Road to Perdition is based on a graphic novel (fancy term for "comic book") which was in turn inspired by the masterpiece manga (fancy Japanese term for "comic book") Lone Wolf and Cub.
		And while it might not be what people expect in a "comic book movie", Road to Perdition will probably be one of the most critically acclaimed comic adaptations of all time.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jul02/perdition.htm (502 words)

	Amazon.com: Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Tyler Hoechlin,Rob Maxey,Liam Aiken,Jennifer Jason Leigh,Tom ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, which was in turn based very loosely on various factual stories of the 1930s, THE ROAD TO PERDITION tells the story of Michael Sullivan, a family man and thoroughly nice guy who also happens to be an enforcer and hit man for the Irish Mob.
		THE ROAD TO PERDITION has an amazing sense of style and creates an amazing visual portrait of the era, and that--along with such performers as Jude Law--held my interest to the end.
		In "Road To Perdition" Hanks plays Michael Sullivan, a born and bred gangster in the 1930's, who is forced to abandon his lifestyle when his wife and one of his sons are killed and he is forced to protect the elder son, a witness of a killing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLBQ?v=glance (2009 words)

	The Mediadrome - Film - Reviews: Road To Perdition
		Adapted from the 1998 graphic novel of the same name, Road to Perdition is filled with many of the same family-laden themes that made The Godfather such a classic of the gangster genre.
		In Road to Perdition, he continues his streak with a focused, understated performance that's easily his strongest since...well, since his last movie (Cast Away).
		Where American Beauty dealt with a family man who was out to save his soul, Road to Perdition deals with a family man whose soul is clearly beyond saving.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/reviews/road_to_perdition.shtml (841 words)

	TIME.com -- Andrew Arnold: The Original 'Road to Perdition'
		The Depression-era gangster picture "Road to Perdition" earned over $20 million during its opening weekend, continuing the trend of successful movie adaptations of non-superhero graphic novels.
		Originally published in 1998 by the DC Comics imprint Paradox Press, "Road to Perdition" (304 pp.; $13.95), written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Richard Piers Rayner, has been reprinted to coincide with the release of the movie, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks.
		Collins and Rayner's original "Road to Perdition" has more to recommend it than just the source material for the movie.
	www.time.com /time/columnist/arnold/article/0,9565,321312,00.html (901 words)

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