Whoa was this a Hollywood movie or European movie

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2009)

The story starts great, Josh Brolin character stumbles upon a situation...drug deal gone bad. The stoy is based in the 1980s drug trade along the Texas Mexico border. 80% of the story goes fantastic, smooth plot very few holes...fighting between two stars could have been a bit more 2 sided...but the ending...damn...you can not do that to American audiences.
I loved cinematography, great job of showing Texas landscape (some filmed in New Mexico).
The acting was fantastic. The actors were great all over. Javier Bardem is finally getting to show English speaking audiences what a great actor he is. He is a absolutely wickid bad guy...but come on how can he get away...jeez.
By the near end of the movie...you loose perspective of who's story this is Josh Brolin (guy in over his head) or Tommy Lee Jones (small town sheriff) or a stretch here Javier Bardem (the bad guy).
But the ending stinks...I am sorry, bad guy wins does not do well here as you can see by the sub-par box office numbers this movie hit.