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{{quote|''"There is only one guarantee -- none of us will see heaven."''
|'''John Rooney'''}}
A 2002 film, directed by Sam Mendes, based on a comic of the same name (itself inspired by the manga ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]''). [[The Irish Mob|Mobster]] Michael Sullivan ([[Tom Hanks]]), and his son who followed him to work, witness the mob boss ([[Paul Newman]])'s son Connor (Daniel Craig) shoot a fellow employee (Ciaran Hinds) for [[Stealing From the Till|embezzling]] [[The Syndicate]].
Connor tries to kill the witnesses off, but botches the job and ends up killing Mike's wife and [[Parental Favouritism|younger son]]. Expecting revenge, the mob takes out a [[Contract
The film deals largely with father-and-son relationships -- both the protagonists and the villain of the movie have deep issues with paternal [[Parental Favouritism|
Not to be confused with any other ''[[Road To]]'' movies.
▲The film deals largely with father-and-son relationships -- both the protagonists and the villain of the movie have deep issues with paternal [[Parental Favouritism|favouritism]] and [["Well Done, Son" Guy|respect]]. Whereas Connor forces his father to try to protect him at the cost of a man he clearly [[True Companions|loves as a son]], Michael becomes determined that his only surviving child [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids|will not become like him]].
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* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: "I'm glad it's you..."
* [[Badass and Child Duo]]
* [[Beauty Inversion]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]
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'''John Rooney:''' There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee - none of us will see heaven.
'''Michael Sullivan:''' Michael could.
'''John Rooney:''' Then do everything that you can to see that that happens.
* [[Blood Is Squicker in Water]]
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
*
** {{spoiler|Subverted in the comic -- Michael arrives to find them both dead, and immediately gets shot as well
* [[The Collector of the Strange]]
* [[Composite Character]]
* [[Contract
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Sullivan's wife and younger son}}.
* [[Death
* [[Depth Deception]]
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]
* [[Dragon Their Feet]]
** [[It's Personal]]
▲* [[Depth Deception]] - Michael Jr. approaches the front door of his house, seeing Connor approaching {{spoiler|after he has killed his mother and brother}}, and freezes when Connor appears to stare directly at him through the door's window, but it turns out {{spoiler|Connor was actually looking at his own reflection.}} After Michael realizes this, he has time to hide before Connor leaves the house.
* [[Epunymous Title]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:
** Maguire's plot-irrelevant crime scene photography, showing him as an entirely amoral ice-cold killer when he finishes off the [[Not Quite Dead]] victim.
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* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]
* [[Film Noir]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
* [[Historical Domain Character]]
* [[Hitman
* [[The Irish Mob]]
*
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]
* [[Parental Favouritism]]
** Peter is originally [[The Unfavourite]], because "[[You Remind Me of X|you were more like me]]".
** In the film, John Rooney clearly favors Michael over his own son, Connor, which gives Connor a serious complex and only makes him even more of a screw-up. When called upon to choose between them, however, John chooses blood.
* [[Please Shoot the Messenger]]
▲* [[Please Shoot the Messenger]] - Sullivan first discovers the plot against him when a message he delivers for Rooney tells the recipient to kill him.
▲* [[Psycho for Hire]] - Maguire. Hey, that rhymes.
▲* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] - Connor.
'''Frank Nitti:''' No, you can't! This is the point. You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick!
▲{{quote| '''Connor Rooney:''' I can look after myself.<br />
▲'''Frank Nitti:''' No, you can't! This is the point. You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick! }}
▲* [[Psychotic Smirk]] - Connor.
* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Mendes deliberately wrote every death to be near or surrounded by water to demonstrate the
▲{{quote| ''Because it's all so fuckin' hysterical...''}}
▲* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Mendes deliberately wrote every death to be near or surrounded by water to demonstrate the commoness (and uncontrollability) of death in the mobster's lives.
▲* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]
** The Looney Family from the comic became the Rooney family for the movie. Oddly, The former surname was more historically accurate.
** Likewise the O'Sullivans were called the Sullivans in the movie.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Connor, who smiles when he's feeling shamed by his father's preference for Michael. When asked why he does this, his deadpans, "Because it's all so fucking hysterical."
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]
* [[Sweet Tooth]]
* [[
** In the movie, Sullivan's final act is {{spoiler|shooting Jude Law}} so that his son will be able to go through life having never killed anyone. [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Me]], if you will.
** In the comic, {{spoiler|however, Michael Jr. averts this; killing at least two of the mooks that come after them
* [[Ultimate Evil]]
* [[Uriah Gambit]]:
* [[Vertigo Effect]]
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]
* [[The Windy City]]
* [[You Remind Me of X]]: An inversion of the regular usage, see [[Parental Favouritism]] above.
* [[You Should Have Died Instead]]: Michael believes this is how his father feels about him.
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