Perdition is set in December 1944 in Belgium on the Western Front as WWII hurtles towards its brutal climax. A lone American soldier, who miraculously survives a POW camp execution, escapes into the freezing landscape to save himself and the precious cargo he salvaged from the camp. But hot in pursuit is a ruthless Nazi SS officer on horseback who is obsessed with hunting him down.

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

Son Of Perdition is an atmospheric story focusing on a priest and his followers, who have set out on an odyssey toward salvation in the early days of the new frontier. However things take a turn for the worse when an enigmatic stranger joins their pilgrimage.