《毀滅之路》是薩姆·門德斯執導的一部電影，奧斯卡影帝保羅·紐曼飾演黑幫老大約翰·魯尼，湯姆·漢克斯和“007”丹尼爾·克雷格分別飾演約翰·魯尼的養子麥可·蘇利文和約翰·魯尼的親生兒子康納·魯尼，故事講述了20世紀30年代黑幫肆虐的芝加哥，康納因為誤會殺死了麥可的妻子和小兒子，但作為父親的約翰·魯尼卻因為康納是自己的親生兒子，然後以種種手段相逼麥可放棄復仇，不甘心的麥可帶著自己的大兒子，走上了血腥的不歸路。
二十世紀三十年代，這個年代卻是個墮落而充滿暴力的年代，有人窮的發瘋，也有人揮霍無度，芝加哥的地下世界被卡波尼黑幫分子牢牢控制。芝加哥所在的伊利諾州是義大利和愛爾蘭暴徒聚集的地方。在這個州的洛克島，愛爾蘭裔的魯尼(保羅·紐曼)，人稱“老頭約翰”，是這裡的黑幫教父。他的社區里居住的多是愛爾蘭移民和他們的後裔。魯尼的助手是他的兒子康納(丹尼爾·克雷格)，和“養子”麥可·蘇利文(湯姆·漢克斯)。蘇利文在圈子內有“死亡天使”之名，是個令人生畏的職業殺手;但他同時卻有他的同情心和正直的一面，更重要的是他十分看重自己的家庭，忠實於妻子和兩個兒子，從不抽菸喝酒，家庭生活中規中矩。父親節電影推薦：毀滅之路
"road to perdition" is directed by sam mendes movie, oscar-winner paul newman plays gangster john rooney, tom hanks, and "007" were played by daniel craig, john rooney adopted son michael sullivan and john rooney's son connor rooney, tells the story of a 1930s gangster-ridden chicago, michael connor killed because of a misunderstanding of his wife and young son, but as a father, john rooney but because connor is his son, then by all means i am surrounded by michael renounce revenge, reconciled with his son michael, embarked on a bloody road of no return.
the 1930s, in this era, it was a degenerate and violent era, it was poor crazy, it was extravagant, the underground world of chicago gangsters are caponi firmly in control. chicago, illinois, where the italian and irish mob gathering place. in this state of rock island, irish rooney (paul newman), known as "old john" gangster godfather here. his
community living mostly irish immigrants and their descendants. rooney's assistant is his son connor (daniel craig), and "adopted son" michael sullivan (tom hanks). sullivan has in the circle "angel of death" in the name, is a daunting job killer; but he there his compassion and integrity side, more importantly he is very valued his family, faithful to his wife and two sons, never smoking, drinking, family life quite satisfactory.