No Country for Old Men

In the Coen universe, a suitcase full of bloody banknotes always brings disaster – here, it triggers a spiral of violence. Josh Brolin, playing Llewelyn Moss, takes the money and attracts Anton Chigurh, a killer who acts like a random algorithm. Javier Bardem is a force of nature. Emotionless, unstoppable, beyond evil or malicious. Tommy Lee Jones can only look back on the horror with resignation as a sheriff who no longer understands the world. The Coens direct with radical calm. No music, no consolation. Every cut is perfect, every pause speaks volumes. For the first time, they adapt someone else's work and make it completely their own. Guilt, chance, violence: everything is there. A film like a coin toss – cold, final and beyond human control.
(Otto Römisch)