Willy was evil, an evil man who did evil things, killed for gain, no remorse
Willy deserved what he got
Dragged to Hell literally
Those who have seen Jacobs Ladder and understand what he was going through - if you resist you see devils ripping your life away, if you are at peace the devils are really angels lifting you free of he earth
Those who follow the Christian faith believe Jesus died for our sins - those who repent can be forgiven - there is no sin so great that it cannot be washed away by the blood of Christ
What the Chief says to Paul in Green Mile about a man who truly repents getting to go to Heaven, how he imagined it
A lot of us have lost people
Patrick himself lost his father shortly before this film was shot, and he spoke about how this helped him come to terms
The next film he made was the spiritual character Bodhi of course
Then Patrick lost his long battle with cancer - so his own death was not sudden, he was waiting
As so many people do in that situation
So you have to know at that point what you believe in
Do the "athiests" really believe in those final moments there is nothing "next"
In the military there is a saying "there are no athiests in the foxhole"
Carl never meant for Sam to die, never meant for things to get that our of control, and was scared for his life if he didn't get the money back to the owners - "I just want the cheque" , not for himself, for greed, just so he wouldn't be killed
Would an option be to see Carl confess, be absolved, repent and then be saved?
Is Carl not going to a deep circle of Hell the way Willy is, maybe just some level of Purgatory where he can be purged of his sins
Road To Perdition looks at this
That great line Paul Newman delivers
"This is the life we live, the life we have chosen and there is only one certainty - none of us will see Heaven"
An evil man choosing an evil life who has accepted he cannot go to Heaven and is choosing Hell
Would he choose Hell if he really knew what Sam, Willy and Carl know
Willy chose Hell
Scrooge and Marley - you wear the chain you forged in life
Could Carl have been forgiven and saved ?
