![]() ![]() Comparisons will no doubt be made at year-end between this film and Martin Scorsese's Gangs Of New York, once scheduled to open on the same day (July 12) but now moved to Christmas Day. For much of the film, the drama is seen from his point of view, lending a Spielbergian air to the proceedings, heightened by Mendes' decision to avoid an excess of on-screen bloodshed. As for end-of-year awards prospects, it is a shoo-in at this stage only for design and technical categories.ĭespite the top billing of male leads Hanks, Newman and Jude Law, the film's lead character is a 12 year-old boy, played by relative newcomer Tyler Hoechlin. ![]() ![]() But there are chills at the heart of this journey which are unlikely to warm up word-of-mouth or bring out audiences the way American Beauty did to the tune of $250m-plus. With a smashing cast led by Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, the film should win good reviews and post strong results at the box office when it opens in the US on July 12. Brit wunderkind Sam Mendes takes another close look at warts-and-all America in his second film Road To Perdition, a Depression-era gangster movie set in and around Chicago which confirms both his command of the medium and his signature visual bravado. ![]()
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