Christopher WaldeckREVIEW: No Country For Old Men
April 25th 2008 11:11
Set in the early eighties in Western Texas during the time that drug running became bloody, Josh Brolin’s character discovers drug runners who have turned on each other for the spoils, allowing Brolin to stumble over two million dollars. Rather then report it, he takes the money for himself which sends a psychopathic killer played by Bardem after him, killing every man, woman and child to retrieve the money. The further Brolin gets away the closer Bardem becomes introducing a Sheriff played by Tommy Lee Jones heading the investigation and struggling to comprehend the brutality of the crimes in front of him.
No Country for Old Men is created around a strong and original screenplay, and deservedly so. Creators Joel and Ethan Coen constructed this film through the prospective of its three main characters, a Sheriff, a hunter, and a psychopathic maniac. What usually follows a great script is a great cast, Tommy Lee Jones was a great acquisition to the film and the Coen brothers ran the risk with its other two unknown stars in Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem. Through all the abilities that makes Tommy Lee Jones a great actor the spotlight was stolen by remarkable performances from his co-stars, Bardem who is in fact Spanish had to change his accent to a chilling American psychopath receiving an Oscar. The only problem when making perspective films is that the viewer isn’t always seeing or thinking what the director does, and can often leave the viewer lost in the plot. No Country for Old Men flirts with that line but thankfully doesn’t cross it. This is definitely a must see movie, its originality its success.
Travis Duncan
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