No cineastic apogee for nihilistic bottom feeders....

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2009)

The Coen brothers have raised their own unique bar yet again. NCFOM is a poetically languid, yet ultimately profound commentary on the utter futility of avaristic greed. What many contributors to this forum seem to have overlooked, is that the "protagonist" of this film is NOT the hackneyed Hollywood hero so prevalent in today's adolescent-geared, nihilistic cinema. His is not a noble cause. There are no CGI battlegrounds or macho catchphrases. There is only the bleakness of human desperation and the brutal randomness of violence as essayed by the evil incarnate that is Anton Chigur. His character is an ever-present reminder of the vapid emptiness of wanton ambition, and it's ultimate blood-stained price. Timeless.