Road to Perdition

[Doc_Glock]

So I finally watched the old 2002 movie Road to Perdition and it is just a masterpiece for Sam Mendes. Very thankful to watch it. Great story, visuals, music and performances. I am now a huge Sam Mendes fan between this and 1917.



Come to find out the movie is based on a graphic novel, and that graphic novel is based on a Japanese Manga series "Lone Wolf and Cub" And, the Lone Wolf and Cub is the basis for Samurai Assassin (1980), a kind of cult movie that I loved as a kid. Mainly due to the giant showers of blood that spurted with all the head chopping.



I also think a lot of the appeal of The Mandalorian comes from a similar formula of a badass killer on the road with an innocent kid.

Link to one of the many incredible scenes:





https://youtu.be/U5418CiBukw




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_and_Cub








Anyway, I wonder how many other stories use this formula a bit: True Grit? Others? I never considered it a trope, but perhaps it is.

Either way, see the movie immediately. Good use of 1911s, Colt revolvers, 1907 Savage .32, and a gauge with a proper pattern at 5 yards.

[Seven_Sicks_Two]

I really enjoyed that flick and I've watched it a few times. Looks like it's time for another re-watch. Thanks for the reminder.

[Borderland]

That movie never got the reviews it deserved and was soon forgotten. When I first watched it I thought it would be a classic but I guess I was wrong.

[Crusader8207]

That was a great movie. A portion of it was filmed in the town I was a police officer in (West Dundee, Illinois).

[Balisong]

I saw it when it first came out and I liked it. But I never got around to seeing it again, which is unusual for a movie I like. It doesn't seem like it's ever really been on tv. I guess it would take valuable air time away from the Kardashians.

[blues]

I saw it when it first came out and I liked it. But I never got around to seeing it again, which is unusual for a movie I like. It doesn't seem like it's ever really been on tv. I guess it would take valuable air time away from the Kardashians.

Speaking of "perdition".

[HeavyDuty]

That was a great movie. A portion of it was filmed in the town I was a police officer in (West Dundee, Illinois).

Small world. I worked the detail when they shot in East Dundee (ex KCOEM.)

[scjbash]

It's my wife's favorite movie. The score is excellent. Thomas Newman is the composer and once you're familiar with it you can easily spot his work in other movies.

[MickAK]

Anyway, I wonder how many other stories use this formula a bit: True Grit? Others? I never considered it a trope, but perhaps it is.

Leon: The Professional comes to mind.

[Seven_Sicks_Two]

Leon: The Professional comes to mind.

I would've sworn that movie was just called, "The Professional" when I first saw it in the 90s.

Turns out, it was. "Leon: The Professional" was the international title, and the name of the director's cut. I thought I was having a Mandela Effect moment...