Road to Perdition
Starring: Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig
Director: Sam Mendes
Budget: $80 million
Total Profit: $104,454,762
Year: 2002
Studio: DreamWorks
This film is one of my favourites because of the story and concept. How a "gangster" is willing to sacrifice all his lifes work in order to save his child and is willing to go against everything he stands for in order to protect his family.
Visually the film is amazing. I loved how the weather set the mood of each scene and the colour grading is also reflective of the mood. Cinematography really pulls all the story together in order to create a visually compelling film.
The theme of the film also was a high point for me, I love crime based films but also classical ones such as "The Godfather".
The film creates a sense of emergence as it makes you really feel for the characters and what they represent. The film is an emotional rollercoaster as Cliché as it sounds and really places us in the world Mendes creates. The film has a very sobering end leaving us very shocked but followed closely by relief that the son "Michael" is then able to live a normal life away from all the dangers of his past life.
The film shows how everyone has a weakness and that family will always come first even if it means risking everything and each shot really helps show emotion through camera movement, lighting and colours.
The film creates a sense of emergence as it makes you really feel for the characters and what they represent. The film is an emotional rollercoaster as Cliché as it sounds and really places us in the world Mendes creates. The film has a very sobering end leaving us very shocked but followed closely by relief that the son "Michael" is then able to live a normal life away from all the dangers of his past life.
The film shows how everyone has a weakness and that family will always come first even if it means risking everything and each shot really helps show emotion through camera movement, lighting and colours.
To conclude I feel the films story and the whole concept and thorough thought and planning that went in to tell the story in the most impactful way possible was what really made this film one f my favourites.
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