No Country for old man is a classic cult cinema so my review just for love & respect for Coen Brothers I am writing. Based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is a thriller that actually is an ecstasy journey. An unyielding killer stalks a man who found 2 million dollars in drug money. This is a brutal and violent film that breaks some of the rules that are expected from crime thrillers. Colen’s perfect direction & script makes it a remarkable cinema in crime zone, don’t forget cinematography. Less dialogues more focus on expressions & MIND BLOWING performances with haunting background score what more is required for a classic crime cinema?
The story begins when Llewelyn Moss(Josh Brolin) is in the desert near the border with Mexico, with two vans, several shot dead, a shipment of drugs and two million dollars in cash. When Moss takes the money, do not imagine that he will go behind Anton Chigurh(Javier Bardem) who won deserving Oscar, a sinister murderer who will stop at nothing to catch. Not even the clever but disillusioned Sheriff Ed Tom Bell(Tommy Lee Jones) can contain the disastrous spiral of violence to be unleashed. Three characters will intersect: Anton, remorseless killer who is dangerous in any circumstance, whether or not handcuffed; Moss, a welder who combines sympathetic bad decisions and Sheriff Bell, who finds himself involved in the story because of the death of one of his subordinates at the hands of Anton. When Moss, out hunting, comes across a suitcase full of money belonging to patrons of Anton, a double manhunt snaps: Research Anton Moss, Anton and the sheriff research.
The Coens, who adapted the novel themselves McCarthy, give us no respite from start to finish. The film is a thriller panting, surprising, fascinating and engaging. The remarkable achievement is perfectly complemented by the cinematography of Roger Deakins and especially interpretations flawless distribution.
Javier Bardem gives us the psychotic killer most fascinating and terrifying since Hannibal Lecter. It rises above the human being to literally embody an implacable force of evil and a powerful reminder that divine justice does not exist. Josh Brolin also surprised by his ability to make us guess a man both very capable and far too confident. Tommy Lee Jones serves us about him as a laconic sheriff, wise and worried at the same time, aging men’s title in search of his place in this violent world. Compliments extend to secondary actors such as Woody Harrelson, hilarious and pathetic, and the touching Kelly Macdonald in the role of women in Moss.
Relatively explicit violence could offend some people but the Coen film is impregnated. It is there a record for these great filmmakers? I am tempted to say yes but only time will tell. All crime thriller lovers will surely love old men’s work.