Terrific Movie that lives up to the hype!

Rating: 8/10 (24 March 2008)

For once an Academy Award movie lives up to the hype with this terrific picture.It was a great ride from beginning to the very end.
A good old boy(Josh Brolin) out deer hunting one day discovers a drug deal gone bad out in a canyon in the wilds of Texas.Dead men and dead pit bulls and a truck full of dope and 2 million dollars in cash,he takes the cash and leaves the rest to the vultures.The bad men come on the hunt of their money and send the ultimate bad-ass (Javier Bardem) to hunt it down.
This movie is great from start to finish.....the action starts early and doesn't end.I hate movies that spend 20 minutes setting the story up...this one ropes you in early and doesn't let up...The settings are all gritty and realistic....the Texas brush country and seedy hotels and trailer parks give this movie the real life feel and look that makes it a great ride.
The script is sparse and thought provoking.All the actors were first rate and Bardem is beyond great in his role as the Terminator-like human killing machine.Tommy Lee Jones finally appears in a film worth watching with his role as the overwhelmed sheriff.The only distraction was Woody Harrleson,for some reason he just didn't seem to fit into this picture,maybe it's because he is playing his usual smart mouthed character that we've seen too many times from him, but anyway his screen time was short so that was a minor thing.
Now to all the crybabies who didn't like the ending.....too freaking bad.....life doesn't always end all neat and tidy.I thought the ending was perfect.....I sit there stunned and then smiled....I knew I had been taken on a hell of a good ride.Grow up and learn to accept a movie ending that doesn't spell it all out for you in a nice 5 minute recap like some cheesy TV show.
I'll watch this one again and enjoy it all over.This is one to add to your home DVD collection.