毁灭之路

迈克尔(汤姆•汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰)是美国芝加哥一个黑帮老大鲁尼的养子，他一直是鲁尼得力的左右手――帮派中令人恐惧的杀手“死亡天使”。迈克尔虽然杀人不眨眼，但现实中却是一个温文尔雅，烟酒不沾的好丈夫、好父亲。他的两个儿子一直都不知道父亲的职业，直到大儿子小迈克尔12岁了。一天他偷溜进父亲的汽车决定探知父亲的职业。 　　小迈克尔目睹了一起杀人案，他的行为也被帮会知悉了。帮会怕他走漏风声，然而迈克尔却以“他是我的儿子”为由保证他一定不会走漏消息。然而，迈克尔的妻子和他的小儿子却遭帮会误杀了，他们本来的目标是他和小迈克尔。父子两开始了亡命天涯和复仇之路!1931. Mike Sullivan and Connor Rooney are two henchmen of elderly Chicago-based Irish-American mobster John Rooney, Connor's father. In many respects, John treats Mike more as his son, who he raised as his own after Mike was orphaned, than the volatile Connor, who nonetheless sees himself as the heir apparent to the family business. One evening, Mike's eldest son, twelve year old Michael Sullivan Jr., who has no idea what his father does for a living, witnesses Connor and his father gun down an associate and his men, the situation gone wrong initiated from an action by Connor. Caught witnessing the incident, Michael is sworn to secrecy about what he saw. Regardless, Connor, not wanting any loose ends, makes an attempt to kill Mike, his wife and their two sons. Mike and the surviving members of his family know that they need to go on the run as Connor, who has gone into hiding, will be protected through mob loyalty, especially by John, who cannot turn on his own flesh and blood. Still, Mike has to figure out a way for retribution for what Connor did, while still protecting him and his family, not only from Connor, but from John and his fellow associates. Through it all, Mike wants those in his family that had no say in what he chose as a living, to have some redemption for their eternal souls.