No reason

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2008)

No Country for Old Men defies all attempts at reason. Characters appear and die without warning, mass murderers kill with minimal police resistance, and the Coen's leave any audience members still looking for answers completely high and dry as the credits start to roll.
Is it all on purpose? Are they simply masking their lack of story-telling abilities with these narrative head-games? If the characters and story line are cliché, then surely there's some kind of message or life lesson that we all haven't heard before. . .right?
No Country for Old Men cares little about entertainment or enlightenment, and delights in challenging us to understand the film while giving us no answers. Simply put, if you are looking to learn from, or feel satisfied after watching a film, this isn't for you. If on the other hand, you are willing to witness madness with no rules and no pay-off, put this on your to-do list.
I'm glad I did.