Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-11
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 122 minutes

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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 conscious, 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

Customer Reviews

A gripping drama, plenty of fast-paced action
This was a very good movie. While a little on the violent side it moves along very quickly. Javier Bardem will go down as one of the all-time Hollywood villains. A powerful role for him. A great cat and mouse game between Josh Brolin and Bardem. A great movie.

No Country For Old Man
No Country for Old Men
The Coen Brothers outdid themselves once more. Kept me on the edge of my seat. I love it when they go against type and you have no idea where the Dynamic Duo (Coen's) takes you.

The very best performance by Javier Bardem. For once an actor who deserves the Oscar actually receives it.

Needs to be watched several times
Having already seen this film at the cinema it was so good the first time that I needed to see it again. It is the kind of film that 50% of people watching will not undersatnd it first time and therfore won't like it. However, the film is one which requires constant attention as any missed scene is detremental to the understanding of the film's message, which is why so many people are quick to criticise it.

The BD itself contains special features and the usual interviews with both Coens. Of course the fact that 2007's best film is being shown in the best definition (1080p) makes this somewhat of a collector's item or for anyone who has not seen the film this is the perfect way to enjoy it.