Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) has worked for John Rooney (Paul
Newman) for a long time, and their relationship is like that of a father and
son. Unfortunately, Rooney’s actual son, Connor (Daniel Craig), has had to grow
up with this and he is jealous of the relationship they have. He gets to act on
this jealousy when Michael (Tyler Hoechlin) witnesses Mike and Connor killing
people. Connor takes it upon himself to murder Michael to stop him from talking
but he messes it up, meaning Mike and Michael have to go on the run while they
work out what to do.
The love that Mike and his wife, Annie (Jennifer Jason
Leigh), had for their children was just brilliant to watch. When Connor goes to
the Sullivan home to kill Michael, he ends up finding Annie and her other son
but thinking this is Michael he goes to shoot him. Annie doesn’t even hesitate,
she puts her whole body in front of her son to shield him from the bullets. It
was such a wonderful moment, she didn’t care for herself at all, she only cared
about protecting him. Then at the end of the film when Michael has to shoot
Maguire (Jude Law), even though Mike is dying he knows he can’t let Michael
become a murderer and so shoots him for him. He wants so much for Michael not
to become who he was and so his last act is to protect him. And it worked,
Michael never touched a gun again. I’m sure Mike would’ve been proud.
I really wasn’t expecting to like this film but it surprised
me and I just enjoyed it so much. The love parents have for their children is
something that always gets me and it is always a joy to watch.
8/10
Woo, nice to see you enjoyed it even if you weren't expecting too ;-)
ReplyDeleteThere's something about gangster films that I just don't like but this was more than that. Thanks for picking it. :)
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