Winner of 4 Oscars...A True Masterpiece of Modern Cinema

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2008)

2008 Oscars:
BEST PICTURE BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - JAVIER BARDEM BEST DIRECTOR - THE COEN BROTHERS
After reading about the film and seeing what great feedback its had in America i really looked forward to seeing it and it wasn't a disappointment! Its a story of a hunter called llewlyn who finds a group of trucks, corpses, heroin and a big stash of money. He takes the money and is then pursued by a mass murderer called Anton whose equipped with a deadly oxygen pump! Also involved is the sheriff trying to help llewelyn and his wife from being caught and killed by Anton.
This is a very continuous film which is at points very tense. The satchel that Llewlyn has the money in has a detector in it so that Anton would be able to locate it at anytime. This fact leads to a very tense sequence in which Llewlyn finds the detector and moments later hears footsteps outside his motel room which is Anton, there to kill him and take the money.
In theory, the story is very simple. A man being pursued for a load of money by a psychopath. But this is made original with the fantastic script and perfect direction by the Coen Brothers. My personal favourite scene was when Anton speaks to a shopkeeper in a small Texas shop. Its a conversation where Anton eerily explores the shopkeepers personal life and tries to play a game of luck with him by flipping a coin and asking him to call heads or tails. Anton says its for everything. The shopkeeper picks the right side but it was obvious that he was playing for his life and therefore it shows an early showing of how evil Anton is and that he is capable of anything. Fantastic Scripting and Characterisation! The film also manages to leave unanswered questions such as whether Anton actually killed Llewlyn's wife and what was Anton being arrested for in the beginning and furthermore, what is the significance of the car crash?. These are all questions that can only be answered by the audience by linking with the theme of the film.
Although the film is mostly dialogue, it still manages to entertain and keep audiences on the edge of their seat.
This will without doubt be in the top 5 films this year and is most probably one of my top 10 favourite films...unmissable film 10/10