Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition is a 2002 motion picture directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. The screenplay is based on a graphic novel of the same title by Max Allan Collins (who also wrote the novelization of the film with the same title), which was in part based on the manga graphic novel Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike.

Themes

The film's central themes include the bond between fathers and sons, loyalty, revenge, and the search for redemption. The title is a dual reference, firstly to a town called Perdition, and secondly to the threat of eternal damnation that in Catholic theology accompanies murder.

Related Topics:
Eternal damnation - Catholic - Theology - Murder

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