Review of No Country for Old Men (2007) by Campbell P — 02 Sep 2015

This is the first movie in a while where I had to take time to process what I had just experienced. No Country For Old Men is an experience more than a film itself. It's not afraid to graphically show what happens when you get into bad territory with an insane psychopath played brilliantly by Javier Bardem.

What's really intriguing about this film is that I couldn't figure out who the main character or main focus character was in the film. It was a mesh of 3 different lifestyles that were forced to come together.

The plot follows the story of Llewelyn Moss who takes a bag full of money from a gang of drug dealers who've been massacred. Although things may seem good for Llewelyn now, he doesn't expect Anton to come after him to collect the money and will stop at nothing to get it.

This film has outstanding acting from Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, and an especially dark Javier Bardem. The whole cast is memorable and fantastic choices because these actors played characters that seemed real and acted how real people would in the situation given.

There's no demonstration of unnecessary action or gore to be found, everything that Anton does is totally effective in every way and NEEDS to be in this film. Every character has a different problem that they are trying to solve in their own lives besides the main one that they are involved in and it gives the characters depth.

Ed wants to retire the police force, Llewelyn wants to help him and his wife with the money, and Anton wants to feel wealthy and dangerous in his own psychopathic way. What really reaches the standard for a great movie in my perspective is when I feel compassion for the characters and how they feel and how they create memorable scenes to show to other people.

I got to the point in the very end of No Country For Old Men where I cared for Anton who was extremely intimidating and evil! This film is very much like Silence of the Lambs in the way where the characters have back and forths with the antagonist and it's just really compelling.

Hannibal and Anton are two totally different characters but they both made super memorable characters. This film has so much to offer to an audience. It's dramatic, its suspenseful, it's thrill packed, it's whimsical at times, it's interesting, it's emotional, and above all super entertaining.

No Country For Old Men has an amazing story to tell that has great characters and a really interesting thought provoking moral it asks at the end. A.