DVD : NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

2007

Cert: 15

Dir(s): Joel Cohen, Ethan Cohen

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson

DVD Special Features: - The Making of No Country for Old Men, Working with the Coens, Diary of a Country Sheriff

What You Need To Know: Guy takes money that doesn't belong to him. Bad guy not happy about it.

The big success at the 2007 Academy Awards was 'No Country For Old Men'. Not only did it pick up Oscars for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, the film was the critics' darling of 2007. This success did not come too soon for the Coen brothers, as 'No Country For Old Men' followed on from their disappointing 'The Ladykillers' and 'Intolerable Cruelty'.

Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the Coens have produced a dark, tense, slow burning and thoughtful feature. Javier Bardem is superb as the cold blooded killer, Anton Chigurh. His brooding performance creates one of the most memorable screen villians of recent years. The suspense is handled masterfully, while the action is laid on like a minimalist Terminator movie. The controversial (and entirely faithful to the novel) ending might suprise at first, but a little more attention to what lurks beneath the surface illustrates why 'No Country For Old Men' is a piece of American cinema well worth checking out.

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