- directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, No Country For Old Men is a cat & mouse, suspense/drama set in the 1980's American Southwest. The story unfolds when a local Texan hunter (Josh Brolin) happens upon a satchel of 2 million dollars, the remains of a drug deal gone wrong, and a professional mercenary (Javier Bardem) is sent out to retrieve it while the local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) is hot on their trail.
There's no skirting around it, this movie is perfection. If you haven't see it, you must! As far as suspense films go, this movie is among the very best. It has an air of the western as well as the procedural crime drama. More than anything this movie is unadulterated brutality. I don't mean to say it's the most violent film ever made, or even the most grotesque. I just mean that the prevailing theme of the film is so forceful and in your face. It's so much about life & death and the triviality and significance of the world at play. It's at once, very basic and complex. And of course, given that it's directed by The Coen Brothers it's a prime example of deft filmmaking. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find any fault with this film or not enjoy it.
10/10 I'm of the thought that there are no 10/perfect films, but I couldn't give this film anything but. There's so much to love here. It's a great story. Amazing performances. One of the most memorable movie villains of all-time. An amazing screenplay. Etc.
DS333, in awe.
* Spoilers *
The final scene/dialogue of the film is one of the most... ah!... I... there are no words. Incredible! If I could write one thing like that, I could die a happy man. It's that amazing.
Also, the film's title is so perfectly and beautifully eloquent.
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