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The Road to Perdition
(2002)
 | Information at Internet
Movie Database |
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Movie Parables
review. |
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Cinema in Focus, a
social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman. |
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Hollywood Jesus
visual review. |
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being. |
| Themes
 | Father Types,
Sacrifice
 | This is a violent, yet powerful movie which explores
the father-son theme using three sets of
relationships: that between elderly Irish mob boss, John
Rooney and his cold-blooded right hand enforcer, Michael Sullivan
("You are like a son to me."); that between
Michael Sullivan, Sr. and his 12 year old son,
Michael, Jr.; and that between John Rooney and his biological amoral
son, Connor. The story dramatizes how Michael, Sr. attempts to save
his son from going down "the road to perdition,"
(the road to Hell) that he himself has been
traveling as a calculating, cold-blooded killer. His love for his
boy means he will go down that road to hell in order to save his
son. (Pastor Tom Koelln,
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN) |
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