No country for old men

I finally got to see No Country for Old Men this past weekend. After all the hype from my friends, I trudged up to the Landmark Century Centre Cinema. After wading through the insane crowds (it was Juno's opening weekend), I was pleasantly surprised that the small theater was completely packed.

The Coen brothers have created another hit. Set in the Lone Star state, the nihilistic thriller is about the a cascade of events that is often beyond our control. Inertia builds as Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds money from a drug deal gone wrong. As Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a sociopath killer with a beatles haircut tracks down Llewelyn, the local sheriff, played by Tommy Lee Jones attempts to catch up with the two in the hopes of preventing the inevitable. As the story unfolds, you're pulled into a round-robin cat-and-mouse chase.

As it relates with faith, each assumes a different perspective: Llewelyn tries to change his, Anton believes that he is just a messenger of it, and Ed Tom Bell (Mr. Jones) attempts to catch-up with it.

As the supporting cast meet their untimely demise at the hands of Chigur, they all plead, "You don't have to do this." As they attempt to change fate, Chigur represents the heavy hand of the tide that can't be changed.

Rating: (4.5/5)