Road to Perdition is a 2002 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written by Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner and David Self. The movie is directed by Sam Mendes and produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck and Sam Mendes under the banner of DreamWorks Pictures in collaboration with 20th Century Fox and The Zanuck Company. Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living. Road to perdition features Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig and Kerry Rossall. The screenplay is written by David Self which is inspired from Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins Richard Piers Rayner. The music was composed by Thomas Newman. Cinematography was done by Conrad L. Hall and editing by Jill Bilcock. The motion picture has a running time of 117 minutes. It was released on 12th July 2002. The Film was successful at box office. Road to Perdition was made on a budget of $80 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $181 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by DreamWorks Distribution. At the 2003 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Cinematography.

• cultural depiction
• revenge
• gory
• badass
• violent
• cynical
• coming of age
• heist
• neo noir
• crime
• organized crime
• teen
• based on books