“Road to Perdition” quotes
(2002)Sam Mendes
directed this movie
in 2002
Title Road to Perdition
Year 2002
Director Sam Mendes
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
Year 2002
Director Sam Mendes
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
Plot – In 1931, an Irish gangster called John Rooney rules over Illinois. His lieutenants are his son Connor Rooney and the terrible Michael Sullivan, called the ''Angel”. Michael lives normally, with a wife and two sons, who ignore his father’s job. One night the eldest son, Michel Junior, hides in the car and assists while his father and Connor kill some enemies. Later, Michael returns home and finds out that his wife and son have been brutally murdered. He knows who killed them and decides to take revenge on Connor and his father John. Michael picks his son up and starts his journey to kill every member of the Mafia.
All actors – Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Paul Newman, Liam Aiken, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Craig Spidle, Ian Barford, Stephen P. Dunn, Paul Turner, Kathleen Keane, Brendan McKinney, Jackie Moran, Kieran O'Hare, John M. Williams, Nicolas Cade, David Darlow, Dylan Baker, I.N. Sierros, Jon Sattler, Michael Brockman, John Judd, Christian Stolte, Jack Callahan, Maureen Gallagher, Kevin Chamberlin, Juanita Wilson, Doug Spinuzza, Roderick Peeples, Keith Kupferer, Lee Roy Rogers, Stanley Tucci, Kurt Naebig, Lance Baker, Monte, Duane Sharp, Diane Dorsey, Michael Sassone, John Sterchi, Robert Jones, Lara Phillips, Harry Groener, JoBe Cerny, Lawrence MacGowan, Timothy Hendrickson, Marty Higginbotham, Mina Badie, Ed Kross, Heidi Jayne Netzley, Phil Ridarelli, Peggy Roeder, James Greene, Anthony LaPaglia, James Currie, Richard Dunn, Joe Fontana, Reese Foster, Kelly Hill, Gene Janson, Cory James Krueckeberg, George Manisco, Mark Morettini, Martin Murphy
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“Sons are put on this Earth to trouble their fathers.”
“People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those six weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father.”
“- Michael Sullivan: He murdered Annie and Peter!
- John Rooney: There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.
- Michael Sullivan: Michael could.
- John Rooney: Then do everything that you can to see that happens.”“- Michael Sullivan: You're protecting him already?
- Frank Nitti: We're protecting our interests, Mike.”“All these years you've been living under the protection of people who care about you, and those same people are protecting you now, including me. So, if you go ahead with this, if you open that door, you're walking through it alone, and all that loyalty, and all that trust will no longer exist for you. And Mike, you won't make it. Not on your...” (continue)(continue reading)
“May you get to Heaven an hour before the Devil knows you're dead.”
“- Alexander Rance: What do you think you're going to accomplish by interfering with our business, Mr. Sullivan?
- Michael Sullivan: This has nothing to do with your business.
- Alexander Rance: It's all business. That's what you fail to grasp. And in business, you must have something to trade. And you, Mr. Sullivan, have nothing to trade.”“- Michael Sullivan Jr.: Does Mama know?
- Michael Sullivan: Your mother knows I love Mr. Rooney. When we had nothing, he gave us a home... a life... and we owe him.”
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