《毁灭之路》是萨姆·门德斯执导的一部电影，奥斯卡影帝保罗·纽曼饰演黑帮老大约翰·鲁尼，汤姆·汉克斯和“007”丹尼尔·克雷格分别饰演约翰·鲁尼的养子迈克尔·苏利文和约翰·鲁尼的亲生儿子康纳·鲁尼，故事讲述了20世纪30年代黑帮肆虐的芝加哥，康纳因为误会杀死了迈克尔的妻子和小儿子，但作为父亲的约翰·鲁尼却因为康纳是自己的亲生儿子，然后以种种手段相逼迈克尔放弃复仇，不甘心的迈克尔带着自己的大儿子，走上了血腥的不归路。
二十世纪三十年代，这个年代却是个堕落而充满暴力的年代，有人穷的发疯，也有人挥霍无度，芝加哥的地下世界被卡波尼黑帮分子牢牢控制。芝加哥所在的伊利诺伊州是意大利和爱尔兰暴徒聚集的地方。在这个州的洛克岛，爱尔兰裔的鲁尼(保罗·纽曼)，人称“老头约翰”，是这里的黑帮教父。他的社区里居住的多是爱尔兰移民和他们的后裔。鲁尼的助手是他的儿子康纳(丹尼尔·克雷格)，和“养子”迈克尔·苏利文(汤姆·汉克斯)。苏利文在圈子内有“死亡天使”之名，是个令人生畏的职业杀手;但他同时却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，忠实于妻子和两个儿子，从不抽烟喝酒，家庭生活中规中矩。父亲节电影推荐：毁灭之路
"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.