Movie: No Country For Old Men
General Info
Title: No Country For Old Men
Year: 2007
In Short
In the Texas Back Country, a man finds a bag of drug money at a very bloody murder scene. He decides to take the money and from that moment on, Trouble follows him wherever he goes.
The Movie
Visuals
Well, it’s an incredibly sober visual setup: everything, from landscape shots to close ups are effective, nothing fancy.
Plot
It’s a reasonable straight plot: one guy on the run, being hunted by a very bad character and an old police man observing the situation from afar, trying to help the prey.
*SPOILER ALERT*
The fact that the main character gets killed 20% from the ending is a real surprise, but what really stuck in my head was how his killing was portrayed: it wasn’t, we just arrive at the scene with the police investigating the scene. A very nice Touch.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Even though it’s been done before many a time, I really enjoyed the older sherrif character combining old age, desperation and bewilderment in one look or sentence, it’s incredibly well done.
Cast
Had to look up Josh Brolin, his face isn’t familiar, but his performance was solid and impressive. Oscar winner Javiar Bardem shows us one of the scariest movie characters of this decade, wow..
Tommy Lee Jones is in full auto pilot, but he gets the job done with style. Nice cameo from Woody Harrelson.
Conclusion
Excellent movie from the always interesting Coen Brothers!
Rating: 
(Coen Bros deliver the goods..)
