He comes for you, and that's it.

Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2008)

The Coen Bros have done it again with their trademark use of finesse and cleverness in film-making. No Country for Old Men is about the chaos that ensues after a Texan hunter discovers a stash of heroine and a case of money at a drug deal gone wrong.
As with other movies from the Coen Brothers-Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, Miller Crossing- they play with the highfalutin theme of fate. It would be oversimplifying to say that in this movie, the hunter becomes the hunted. It is much more. It might be saying slightly more to say that the Texan hunter represents the bravest of people while the psychopath that hunts him represents the terrifying frivolity of fate and death. There is also an aging county sheriff who closes the theme loop but you will have to watch the movie to know how.
This movie has very high ratings on IMDb.com but that isn't always meaningful with regards to recent movies due to the total lack of taste and intellect in the avid movie-goer. In my high opinion, however, this time I am inclined to agree with the movie website. The basics of movie making come from live theater- good script, good casting, and good acting; sound and special FX serves primarily functionality and credibility. This movie does just that. It is classic movie making treating modern themes.
No Country for Old Men is very violent and quite unabashedly nihilistic; it is not for the faint at heart. You have been warned. For these reasons exactly, this movie is only moderately popular.
-G.G.