High tension ultimately fails to deliver.

Rating: 7/10 (28 January 2008)

I enjoyed this 99% of this movie. The Coen bros have a great eye for cinematography, the film was beautifully shot. The story was well written, absorbing, well paced and the lack of music gave the tale a great eeriness. Although I found it quite similar to Fargo, i.e. A bunch of people and a psychopath chasing after a bag of money while a small town sheriff tries to track them down.
All in all a very well constructed movie. Apart from one thing - they forgot to put an end in! I was left feeling a little confused and extremely let down by the unsatisfactory way the movie ended. You don't find out what happens to the money and the psychopath just gets in a random car crash and walks off? The unseen demise of the anti hero towards the end of the film was also a bit of a let down. A little bit of action would have gone a long way, even a tense stand off would have provided a satisfactory conclusion to an otherwise excellent film.