No Country for Old Men
starring: Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Beth Grant
directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene a pickup truck loaded with heroin & 2 million dollars in irresistible cash his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain of violence.Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 12/26/2008Starring: Tommy Lee Jones Josh BrolinRun time: 122 minutesRating: R
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The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene a pickup truck loaded with heroin & 2 million dollars in irresistible cash his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain of violence.Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 12/26/2008Starring: Tommy Lee Jones Josh BrolinRun time: 122 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com:
The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- No country for lousy films
The promotion of this film was better than the film. Once you get past the first half dozen or so random killings and the deadpan acting, the rest is even worse. The idea that the film is sending some sort of insightful message about random violence is without merit. After about the first 10 minutes anyone with an IQ above about 30 should figure out random violence is bad and by the way have you noticed random violence is bad? Save your time, save your money and just watch the news.
Random ... Read More
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- Mr Ed
"No Country for Old Men" is one of the better movies in recent years. I especially liked the character actors in the film, people with two-minute parts, all folks you've never seen before and may never see again. They were REAL! The regular actors are incredible, too. I've got a friend who is a super movie buff. When we discussed the Javier Bardem character, he insists that Bardem is much more sinister and scary than even Hannibal Lector. Nuff said?
Rating: 
- WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE
This is a certain kind of B movie of the Genre of the menacing, irrational killer stalking through our neighborhoods.Both Alan Ladd and Richard Widmark began their careers playing the psychopath role.Laird Cregar and many others have had a go at it, and not the last or least of which was Anthony Hopkins of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Hannibal Lector series.And let's not forget Swartzenekker's TERMINATOR series.
In this case Louis L'Amour melds with Cormac McCarthy in a tale of the borderlands. ... Read More
Rating: - FANTASTIC JOURNEY
I think that the Coen's did well by this. Best since The Big Lebowski and Fargo... A bit more Fargo than Lebowski, but awinner bythe Coen Brothersnone-the-less.
People complain about the non-hollywood ending. Screw em', I think movies should piss some people off once in a while.
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time this was on the screen. If you haven't seen this flick, do yourself a favor, ignore what they did with "Burn After Reading", and watch this film....dammit!
Rating: - THE ENDING MAKES NO SENSE, REALLY BAD
What a terrible ending. Here the movie was pretty good, and it all built up anticipation as to how it would all turn out.
HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!
It was like the filmmakers suddenly ran out of money or something.The movie just suddenly STOPPED.No ending!
There was no closure, it made no sense, and it leaves you saying "HUH??"
Therefore, it really made me MAD that I sat through almost two hours for nothing. This is the most unsatisfying movie of all time.Don't ... Read More
- No country for lousy filmsThe promotion of this film was better than the film. Once you get past the first half dozen or so random killings and the deadpan acting, the rest is even worse. The idea that the film is sending some sort of insightful message about random violence is without merit. After about the first 10 minutes anyone with an IQ above about 30 should figure out random violence is bad and by the way have you noticed random violence is bad? Save your time, save your money and just watch the news.
Random ... Read More
- Mr Ed"No Country for Old Men" is one of the better movies in recent years. I especially liked the character actors in the film, people with two-minute parts, all folks you've never seen before and may never see again. They were REAL! The regular actors are incredible, too. I've got a friend who is a super movie buff. When we discussed the Javier Bardem character, he insists that Bardem is much more sinister and scary than even Hannibal Lector. Nuff said?
- WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFOREThis is a certain kind of B movie of the Genre of the menacing, irrational killer stalking through our neighborhoods.Both Alan Ladd and Richard Widmark began their careers playing the psychopath role.Laird Cregar and many others have had a go at it, and not the last or least of which was Anthony Hopkins of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Hannibal Lector series.And let's not forget Swartzenekker's TERMINATOR series.
In this case Louis L'Amour melds with Cormac McCarthy in a tale of the borderlands. ... Read More
- FANTASTIC JOURNEYI think that the Coen's did well by this. Best since The Big Lebowski and Fargo... A bit more Fargo than Lebowski, but awinner bythe Coen Brothersnone-the-less.
People complain about the non-hollywood ending. Screw em', I think movies should piss some people off once in a while.
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time this was on the screen. If you haven't seen this flick, do yourself a favor, ignore what they did with "Burn After Reading", and watch this film....dammit!
- THE ENDING MAKES NO SENSE, REALLY BADWhat a terrible ending. Here the movie was pretty good, and it all built up anticipation as to how it would all turn out.
HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!
It was like the filmmakers suddenly ran out of money or something.The movie just suddenly STOPPED.No ending!
There was no closure, it made no sense, and it leaves you saying "HUH??"
Therefore, it really made me MAD that I sat through almost two hours for nothing. This is the most unsatisfying movie of all time.Don't ... Read More
