No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men
by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

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Actor: Barry Corbin, Beth Grant, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rodger Boyce
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Composer: Carter Burwell
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO

DVD Reviews of No Country for Old Men

DVD Review: Riveting Movie.
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an intense movie about a killer on the rampage who can't be caught with an abrupt ending that doesn't make sense. The Academy Award for the best picture of the year was awarded to this suspenseful movie. If you want to get your heart pumping then see this movie.

DVD Review: Disk made in Mexico?
Summary: 3 Stars

On the outside of the DVD package, the Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones' names where in the wrong place. The DVD, "No country for Old men," came in what I consder flimsy packaging. The DVD came in good condition. And it came relativley quick.

DVD Review: unjustified high praise
Summary: 3 Stars

I was totally confused by this film. I must be missing something because I don't understand what the fuss is all about. I'm not even sure that I find Javier Bardem's performance that compelling either - the character is interesting but Bardem's execution? I'm not sure how much it adds to the character.

DVD Review: Very effective thriller
Summary: 4 Stars

The story opens in the desolate west Texas countryside, as Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and makes off with a suitcase full of money. He figures he'll be followed and he's right; Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a ruthless and patient killer, is after him. Chigurh is, in turn, being tracked by the local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones), a good ol' country boy who's amazed at how violent criminals have become lately.

I'd heard this was a bloody guy-movie so I watched it grudgingly, but I actually liked it a lot. Yes, it's got a high body count but the violence wasn't off-putting and the cat-and-mouse tale is spell-binding. The tension stays at 100% throughout and is really frightening. It's a battle of wits and the only question is: Will Good win over Evil? The movie won a Best Picture Oscar and Bardem won for Best Supporting Actor. He's very convincing and charismatic as the heartless madman and does a great American accent. Jones is perfect as the good ol' boy sheriff, philosophizin' 'bout bad guys. Brolin was fine as the everyman character of Llewelyn.

This is a no-holds barred shoot 'em up for sure, but I still recommend it as an entertaining and well-made film.

DVD Review: Simply a murder movie. Plot zero.
Summary: 1 Stars

Purchased and watched when first out on DVD. Could not believe the idiocy of the plot. Racism on all fronts and nothing but mindless violence. Perhaps the Coen bros. are making attempts at anti-gun political leanings, but so worthless I was shocked.
Don't waste your time or dollars on this. Every level reaks of reverse racism. Perhaps that's the true reason for making such a waste of time and energy.

Description of No Country for Old Men

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DESCRIPTION: Acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen deliver their most gripping and ambitious film yet in this sizzling and supercharged action-thriller. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Not even west Texas law can contain it. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, and featuring an acclaimed cast led by Tommy Lee Jones, this gritty game of cat and mouse will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond right up to its heart-stopping final act.

The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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