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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 on the Hitman]] and Mike and Peter go on the run, pursued by a chillingly psychopathic assassin, Maguire (Jude Law).
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|favoritism]] 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]]: Jude Law's Maguire. A balding, hunched, brown-toothed Jude Law with an ill-fitting bowler hat and generally creepy mannerisms: not what the female audience was expecting.
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'''Michael Sullivan:''' Michael could.
'''John Rooney:''' Then do everything that you can to see that that happens.}}
* [[Blood Is Squicker in Water]]: {{spoiler|Connor's execution}} in the bath. Water preceding death is a major theme.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: If you've only seen the movie, you might be surprised to learn that Maguire is nowhere to be found in the source material.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|The couple on the farm, who Peter goes to live with at the end}}.
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* [[Composite Character]]: The random mooks from the comic were all combined into a [[Canon Foreigner|brand new character]] for the movie: Maguire.
* [[Contract on the Hitman]]
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Sullivan's wife and younger son}}.
* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|John Rooney dies, while John Looney lives}}.
* [[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.
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* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]
* [[Film Noir]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Much like oranges in ''[[The Godfather]]'', [[Blood Is Squicker in Water|water]] precedes every major death scene (bath, rain, lake, etc).
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Frank Nitti, the entirely unseen Al Capone.
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Michael, especially in the comic.
* [[The Irish Mob]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]: Every named non-historical character dies except Michael the younger (and John Looney in the comic)}}.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: This is almost the exact meaning of "perdition" - being doomed to go to hell once and for all, with no chance of salvation.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Connor tries to use a cynical facade to hide his jealousy and childishness. It doesn't work.
* [[Parental Favouritism]]: Something of a theme.
** 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]]: 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.
{{quote|'''Connor Rooney:''' I can look after myself.
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** 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]]: Michael Jr.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Maguire pouring about half a cup of sugar into his coffee. And, well, look what it does to his teeth...
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