I have been avoiding this topic for weeks before seeing the movie finally tonight in Dutch theatre..

I liked it, even though it's not spectacular. I heard a lot about the cinematographic level of it, and that was quite good. I was impressed with Newman's performance, and altough we'll never get used to "Sleepless Forrest Gump in Philadelphia"-Tom Hanks as a cold-blooded murderer and prototype gangster, he's great...as always.

the ending is tragic, but not surprising. (SPOILERS)

what I wonder is this (but this is the "Godfather-bulletin-board-converstationer" in me:

Tom Hanks at some point realizes the hitman knows they are going to Perdition to aunt Sarah's house. Sullivan (Hanks' character) blows off the trip. But in the end they go to her house anyway, and when he sees the house is empty:
-would that mean the hitman killed Sarah+family in order to have the house for himself and to wait for Sullivan and son???
-wouldn't Sullivan sense rightaway something was wrong, which would not have saved his life in anyway way though.

If you come to think of it, Sullivan Sr "shot the man who killed him" that's a quote you don't hear everyday.

when he dies, after so much blood shed, the entire journey seems so pointless...but for his son who will not go to hell after all.

still, the movie wasn't spectacular, not dramatic nor emotional and only touched me a little bit. hardly any action in it... but I can't help thinking positively about it.

very good film.