Adapted from a novel by Cormac McCarthy, this western style thriller plays a unrelentless game of cat and mouse between a local country man and an unstoppable hitman. After stumbling across a drug deal gone wrong while out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) takes the unclaimed $2million home to his trailer and wife (Kelly Macdonald). After returning to the scene later that night and losing his truck, he sends his wife to her mothers and leaves his home with the money in tow.
A pursuit follows in the form of the murderous Chigurh (Javier Bardem) hired to retrieve the $2million, another hired operative (Woody Harrelson) and the long time sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones), almost retired and exasperated by the increasing violence in his area. Sprawling texan landscapes interspersed with Bardem's unceasing evil and Jones' requiem for the loss of a simpler time, makes this Coen brothers' film well deserving of 4 academy awards and widespread acclaim that they are two of the best auteurs of our generation.
Ok so Day Two tomorrow. Next film is Oliver Stone's W. Connection?..... quite easy by the way.
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