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DESCRIPTION: Acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen deliver their most gripping and ambitious film yet in this sizzling and supercharged action-thriller. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Not even west Texas law can contain it. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, and featuring an acclaimed cast led by Tommy Lee Jones, this gritty game of cat and mouse will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond right up to its heart-stopping final act. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Beth Grant | | Director:
| Ethan Coen | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen | | Language:
| English, Spanish, French | | Subtitle:
| Spanish, French | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| WALT DISNEY VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 122 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 11, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 731 reviews |
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Very good,but unresolved....Mar 08, 2010
"Bladder" asked "What more could you ask from a movie?"
Well considering that the movie ends up absoloutely nowhere,totally unresolved,how about a sequel?Could have been a great one on it's own if they'd wrapped it up nicely and tied it in a bow,(mind you,the fact that it isn't resolved will keep me interested in case there is a part II.)The sherrif retires and the baddie gets away.How about the sherrif un-retires and the baddie gets his due?What more could you ask from a sequel?
I don't know if I'm allowed to do this or not,but I think that LynnJynh9315 has the best review.
Bladder,no nastiness intended,but yours reminds me of the old Monty Python skit re the coughing lady's theory on dinosaurs: "...ahem...they're skinny at one end,fat in the middle,and skinny at the other end."
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 No Country for Old MenMar 04, 2010
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to prevent. This movie is gut-wrenching, bleak, violent, super-tense and surprisingly funny in a darkly comic manner. Its brilliance and lasting impact will leave you haunted.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A crime drama, a thriller, a modern day western and a character study.Feb 18, 2010
In the early 1980s, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) a poor working class man goes out hunting in the south Texas desert and comes across the aftermath of a shootout. It turns out to be a drug deal gone bad, complete with dead Mexicans, a pickup truck loaded with drugs and a satchel with two million dollars in cash. He takes the satchel unaware that he will now be tracked by an absolutely relentless and merciless psychopath with an air gun named Chigurh (Javier Bardem.) The cat and mouse chase between the two are what makes up the bulk of the film. However the heart and theme of the movie lies with the sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) who is also on their trail. He's an aging lawman who doesn't understand the new kind of brutal violence that's occurring due to the escalating drug wars along the US/Mexican border.
There are moments of nail-biting tension throughout the film reminiscent of the thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock and the westerns of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. The writing of the Coen brothers is as usual brilliant and has a timing and a style with the way that real people in these types of situations would probably talk. Particularly interesting is a scene at a remote gas station between Chigurh and the cashier/owner. The film is intense, bleak, very violent and much darker than even other Coen brother's films like "Fargo."
**SPOILERS** The storyline may put some people off as it does not have the standard ending that one would expect from a crime drama. But then again this really isn't a crime/action movie. The film is a character study and the satchel of money is merely what brings all the characters in conflict with one another. The film especially struck a chord with me and my own feelings of alienation as it opens with a voiceover which emphasizes that there are people who are so cruel that they will go out of their way to hurt others even when it presents absolutely no benefit to themselves. There are people who are so inhuman that although they may not be murderers like the Chigurh character, they actually have more in common with him than they'd be comfortable with or that they're willing to admit.
The film's theme about alienation is shown mostly from the perspective of the Sheriff. When one examines his character and the seemingly random ending regarding what ultimately happens with the money and all involved it does make sense in the context of the film's message. The Chigurh character represents the new wave of senseless violence that haunts the Sheriff. He's getting older and sees the world degenerating all around him. He can't comprehend it and is no longer young enough to effectively cope with it as a police officer.
"No Country for Old Men" is an unconventional film even for the Coen brothers but it's brilliantly executed and destined to be an American classic.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Frustrating -Feb 08, 2010
Llwellyn Moss, a Vietnam Vet and welder, discovers a drug exchange gone violently wrong. He finds a suitcase of money, and decides to just take the money and run. He lives in a trailer with a young wife, and realizes they are both at risk when he takes the $2 million for himself.
Heading the drug-related transaction, Anton Chigurh, is the psychopathic killer and on Moss' trail like a hound dog. He has no empathy, just dispassionately kills almost every person involved in his hunt for the money. Moss tries to keep one step ahead of the bloodbaths, but Chigurh is relentless.
Sheriff Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) sees the enormity of the crimes, and understands the growing intensity of the pursuit. He is smart, but realistic. He is also soon to be retired.
From the beginning, the Sheriff tries to convince Moss, through his wife, Carla Jean, that he should turn the money over to authorities. He has a bad feeling this is ending in tragedy.
In the end, the cat and mouse game is between Tom and Anton. Tom goes to a hotel room (behind the crime scene yellow tape) where the assassin waits. Chigurh has shot the lock cylinder out, indicating to Ed that it's Chigurh's doing, and both of them watch the other's movement in the reflection in the shiny lock tube. Ed Tom draws his pistol and enters for a search, and realizes the killer is still within, given the locked window in the far room.
The ending surprises you, no matter what you think is going to happen..... The bad news is that the problems raised in the film end up unresolved.
BrilliantFeb 07, 2010
I love this movie, it started well, got very good in the middle and finished nicely. What more could you want from a movie?
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