Possibly valid idea ruined by plot holes and resignation

Rating: 5/10 (16 April 2018)

People are trying to figure out what is the message of this film in many reviews. My take is that it tries to deliver an experience similar to Unforgiven (1992). Unforgiven is about giving up on the romantic idea of the life in the West back then, the black and white characters etc. and portrays this time period in a way it might have actually looked like, while it even brings attention to such details, although pretty iconic to conventional westerns, as the way the shootouts were potrait vs. how they really happened or what was required to kill a man. Along these lines, NCfOM tells us or shows us rather that a single man can't resist mafia and professional killers, that the death is not heroic and that there is no happy ending once you get involved in drug business.
This idea is fine and I must admit I like Unforgiven very much and was therefore ready to like NCfOM, but the problem of is the execution of the idea.
The first half of the film is actually pretty good and I was on the edge of my seat there. Especially at the moment where Chigurh was conversating with Carson or Llewelyn made me hope for other character dimensions to come out of these guys, which would have been very enjoyable because these characters were really interesting. But the second half lacks everything you expect at that point which peaks at the end where it fails to deliver any conclusion (though not necessary generally, this movie definitely deserves it) or explanation and at the same time it makes you wonder about the amount of plot holes (were there tens or hundreds? was I asking).
At certain point in the second half (trip to El Paso - won't tell you more, but you will guess it anyway once you see it) the film lost me and I made it to the end just thanks to the momentum of the first half. Seriously, towards the end, the nihilistic, resignated, given up tone was the biggest obstacle for me to finish watching the movie. Put altogether with the unnecessary violence on top, I gladly turned it off eventually and said to myself that I shall now go to sleep, which I should have done at least an hour ago.