Wednesday 23 January 2008

No Country For Old Men

Cast
Josh Brolin
Tommy Lee Jones
Javier Bardem
Kelly Macdonald
Woody Harrelson
Screenwriters
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Directors
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Running Time
122 minutes

Texas, 1980. Hunting in the desert, Llewellyn Moss (Brolin) comes across the wreckage of a drug deal gone wrong and takes the cash — without counting on the man sent after him, an implacable killer (Bardem) intent on recovering the loot at any cost.

It was good. I've given it the score I have, because the big showdown scene between the protagonists is just not there and the film just carries on beyond the point it should have happened, changing from a thriller into something philosophical. Which, honestly, was a disappointment.