If you’ve got Criterion streaming, or HBOMax, er, might want to look up the long-running Japanese “Lone Wolf & Cub” series (70’s fans might remember “Shogun Assassin”)–
The story of a ruthless samurai assassin in feudal Japan on a revenge mission, traveling the country with his young son in a baby carriage. The son learns to gets into the assassination act too, with his carriage tricked out with hidden blades (no need to use the Force).
Or, if that’s too foreign, try Tom Hanks in the American remake “Road to Perdition”.
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EricJ
If you’ve got Criterion streaming, or HBOMax, er, might want to look up the long-running Japanese “Lone Wolf & Cub” series (70’s fans might remember “Shogun Assassin”)–
The story of a ruthless samurai assassin in feudal Japan on a revenge mission, traveling the country with his young son in a baby carriage. The son learns to gets into the assassination act too, with his carriage tricked out with hidden blades (no need to use the Force).
Or, if that’s too foreign, try Tom Hanks in the American remake “Road to Perdition”.
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