I can't believe anyone thinks that this movie is good, let alone great. This movie is just the same rehash of dozens of other films. Hanks looks bloated and bored. He seems to be getting over a two-week drinking binge. Paul Newman looks old and listless. It's really sad to see such a great acting talent as Newman's wasted in this junk. What's even harder to think about is that Paul Newman is still racing cars at 81! The movie plot is old and the story is one of the most stupid around. Typical one-man army kills over dozens of foes. Tom Hanks shoots down Paul Newman and 6 of his bodyguards in one of the stupidest shootouts ever seen. Every time there's a gun battle, no one in town seems to notice and the police are no where around. Paul Newman is a top crime boss and he can't kill off one man. The father-son relationship is wooden and cold, and the so-called humorous part of Hanks teaching his son to drive the get away car is milked to death. The whole movie stinks and the ending was seen a mile away. Pure garbage. If you want to see some great gangster films rent The Roaring 20s, Public Enemy Number 1, or Little Cesar.
Review of Road to Perdition
