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4. Road to Perdition
Director Sam Mendes continued to demonstrate the visual flair that put him on the map with this moody and melancholic portrait of family betrayal and vengeance. Brilliantly cast against type (and right in the sweet spot of his underused strengths), Tom Hanks gives arguably his best performance to date as a hitman out for blood against his former employer, carrying in tow his young son like a Depression-era Lone Wolf and Cub. Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Stanley Tucci, newcomer Tyler Hoechlin and a mesmerizing Jude Law round out the stellar cast.
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