![]() ![]() No Country for Old Men by the Coen Brothers is something of a visual and filmmaking masterpiece. Meanwhile, the tans of Texas and the dark of noir set the ensuing depictions of violence in a superreal and gritty backdrop as calculating and violent hitman Anton Chigurh kills all before him as he pursues the fleeing Moss. He takes the money and runs with it, setting the archetypal manifestation of death upon his trail. ![]() The protagonist Llewelyn Moss is out hunting when he stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad along with a briefcase filled with 2 million dollars. Then he is sitting in the police station when he stands up and murders the cop via strangulation using his handcuffs. The voiceover bleeds into the next shot of a man with a bad haircut and handcuffs sitting in the back of a police cruiser. A Tommy Lee Jones voiceover plays, reflecting on the prosecution and execution of a teenage murderer, musing on the nature of violence. The film opens to a barren expanse of Texas desert at dusk. ![]() My take: 9.7/10, Really good on all fronts. Metacritic: 91 Metascore, 7.6/10 Audience reviews. Rotten Tomatoes Take: 93% positive critical reception 86% positive audience reviews. ![]()
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