Senseless violence

Rating: 2/10 (26 November 2007)

If you wish to see a psychopathic monomaniacal killer with a peculiar choice of weapons dispatch his victims in a totally cold blooded way without a trace of humanity, then you might enjoy this film. I went because I enjoyed Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive" and he has been reprising that role ever since. I did not like "The 3 Burials of Esqui-somebody, and I did not like this film where he simply coasted and accomplished absolutely nothing. As the sheriff, he did not solve a single crime, did not make a single arrest, and never came to a face-off with the killer. In the end, a pointless tale. Big drug deals gone bad, and big money gone astray corrupt everyone they touch. We know. What else is new. I cannot recommend this film. I have ordered Cormac McCarthy's book of the same title as I am curious whether Hollywood script writers made major alterations in the story. Hollywood script writers are presently on strike. Based on recent movies I have seen, they should just all be fired and a whole new generation of writers given a try. They surely can do no worse.