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Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2018)

No Country For Old Men Review

The 2007 film No Country For Old Men is in my opinion one of the best films ever
made but also comes with a true to life meaning. Directed by the Coen Brothers,No Country For
Old Men is based on the 2005 novel written by Cormac Mccarthy.The entire film takes place
Primarily on the southwest Texas and Mexico border in the 1980's.The story revolves mainly
around three characters Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin),Sheriff Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones)and
last but not least Anton Chigurgh (Javier Bardem).The story premise of the film is mainly about
Moss the cowboy coming across a large sum of money from a Mexican drug deal gone wrong
and running with it later realizing that there is no clean getaway as he is hunted by Anton
Chigurgh a psychopathic assassin employed to retrieve the money stopping at nothing to get it
taking many lives along the way. Sheriff Tom Bell steps into investigate and also keep Moss and
his wife Carla Jean(Kelly Macdonald)safe realizing the dangers of the situation. The overall tone
of the movie is dark and suspenseful with a few action scenes and very well done acting and
dialogue from the characters offering humor and suspense. The film did not include a soundtrack
which actually added to the suspense and dark tone of the movie especially in action scenes. The
film ran smoothly between changing scenes and camera angles. The films overall message is up
for interpretation, in my opinion the message I kept receiving was life and time keeps going and
you cannot stop what is coming. Sheriff Bell an aging man who comes from a long line of
Sheriffs is having a difficult time adapting to modern and changing times. Throughout the movie
he is investigating a crime he has never seen before and is beyond his control and understanding.
The moral is one day our society could be out of our understanding and that this country really is
No Country For Old Men.