A hidden masterpiece of a movie.

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2008)

when i first seen the trailers for this movie, i wasn't much impressed. i resigned it to some weird, independent film that wouldn't probably make it to my local theater to watch. I never paid much attention to the Coen's brothers work except for the George Clooney movie which was a bright and unique comedy. I became engrossed with this movie because of the characters of this dark story and the incredible acting. It seemed lifeless and bland at times, yet you always felt the anger, violence, and greed was just under the surface, ready to explode at any time when you least expected it. the film didn't make any apologies for the story it was telling. The film moved smoothly from one chaotic scene to another, always done in a way so skillful that you didn't notice you had become so intrigued into what was going to happen next. It was a cat and mouse story, a hunter and the hunted kind of story but its real value was in the depiction of two completely different worlds, the human and the subhuman and how one bad choice brings both these worlds together..the innocent and the evil and the consequences of these characters and plot colliding..