No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men (2007) is a thriller written and directed by the Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel Coen). It stars Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. The film is based on the novel by the same name, written by Cormac McArthy.

The plot revolves around a fairly normal, and innocent man called Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), stumbles upon $2.4 million from a drug-deal gone wrong, and he ends up in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a 'psycopathic killer' hired to track him down, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) whilst Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to get to the bottom of everything. 

One moment of suspense in this film is when Moss is in his hotel room, and he finds the transponder. As it starts beeping; us, the audience, know that Chigurh is close. It leaves the audience on the edge of their seats, anticipating the outcome of the situation: Is Chigurh going to kill Moss?

Another thriller element in this film is the frequent action, albeit sometimes quite short. There are various moments of action, from start to finish, from Moss running away from the cartel, and various moments of Chigurh killing people. 

An interesting fact about this film is the majority of 'signifcant' deaths in this film appear off-screen, such as the Cartel members near the start of the film, Moss in the hotel, Carson Wells when confronted by Chigurh (although we can just about see him), and possibly Moss' wife (although it is up to interpretation whether she died, although in the book she definitely did).