the highlight of this movie for me be without doubt tom hank . a mike sullivan and he be definitely cast against type and show that he can handle an untraditional ( for him ) role . hank be usually the good guy in a movie the one you like and admire and root for . sullivan be definitely not a good guy . it true that in the context of this movie he come across a somewhat noble his purpose be to avenge the murder of his wife and young son . even so and he be already a gangster and murderer before those killing . so hanks take a role i wouldn not have expect him in and and he pull it off well . hank good performance aside and though and i certainly couldn not call this an enjoyable movie . after an opening that i would best describe a enigmatic ( it wasn not entirely clear to me for a while where this be go ) it turn into a very sombre movie and about the complicated relationship sullivan have develop a a gangster largely raise by rooney ( paul newman ) and who a sort of mob bos and and try to raise his own two son and to keep them clean so to speak while isolate from his business . after the old son witness a murder and the gang try to kill him to keep him quiet and get the wrong son ( and the mother ) and and leave sullivan and his old son ( mike and jr. ) on the run . it become a weird sort of father or son bonding movie . although it end on a somewhat hopeful note ( at least in the overall context of the story ) it really very dark throughout and that mood be reinforce with many of the scene be shoot in darkness and torrential rainfall . i have to confess that while i appreciate hank performance and the movie a a whole just do not pull me in . 4/10 .