A rewarding experience.

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2008)

No Country for Old Men is in some ways like the Terminator. It has the same basic idea - awesome and irrepressible spectre of death hunts down outmatched prey. You keep watching in order to see if the prey can possibly escape.
Of course NCFOM is very unlike the Terminator in many ways. Most obviously, there is a greater depth and subtly to the themes and characters in NCFOM.
I can understand why many people didn't like the ending and I have to admit that initially I was surprised by it. Having watched the film thinking that a "chase film" had to end in a particular way I was not ready for how it finished. The ending however, is the masterstroke and makes you re-evaluate everything you've just watched.
If you are willing to follow it, this story offers much to think about.