The genre of the 'psychopathic murderer' movie.

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2008)

With it's lavish cinematography (Roger Deakins), the sheriffs (Tommy Lee Jones) rambling hick rationalism's and Carter Burwell's eerie music setting, this movie lures you into a desolate, desperate and dangerous world. In fact, no country for old men. In this respect the movie faithfully delivers.
However, the leitmotif of this movie is pursuit. We watch two pursuits being played out. One is the sheriff's, to catch the murderous and chillingly portrayed psychopath, Chigurh (Javier Bardem). The other is Chigurh's pursuit of Llewelwyn (Josh Brolin) to recover a huge bounty of drug money.
This story framework, set against the beautiful and stark Texan landscape, powerfully delivers the 'psychopathic murderer' movie genre. The Coen brothers deserve recognition for giving us something entertaining, but unlike movies of the same genre such as Terence Mallicks 'Badlands', it doesn't carry the same creative punch.
This is a one to see, albeit you'll need a strong stomach, as it dwells on gruesome images in the style of a horror movie.
In the end, the movie abandons you with the 'wounded animal is a dangerous animal' idea. The psychopathic murder is out there, on the street and you share his country!