In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • Rating: (281,809 votes)
  • Taglines:There Are No Clean Getaways » There are no laws left. »
  • Runtime:122 minutes
  • Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Ed Tom Bell
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Anton Chigurh
    Javier Bardem
    Llewelyn Moss
    Josh Brolin
    Carson Wells
    Woody Harrelson
    Carla Jean Moss
    Kelly Macdonald
    Wendell
    Garret Dillahunt
    Loretta Bell
    Tess Harper
    Ellis
    Barry Corbin
    Man who hires Wells
    Stephen Root
    El Paso Sheriff
    Rodger Boyce
  • Genres:Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Ethan Coen
    producer  
    Joel Coen
    producer  
    David Diliberto
    associate producer  
    Robert Graf
    executive producer  
    Mark Roybal
    executive producer  
    Scott Rudin
    producer  
  • Plots: In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
No Country for Old Men
  • User's comment:You Don't Get Perfection Like This Very Often by fwomp

    If you're a Coen brothers fan, you're gonna be extremely delighted with NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. This is Ethan and Joel at the pinnacle of their directing careers, something that should not be missed by anyone interested in film or entertainment. Forget FARGO. Push aside THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Move over O' BROTHER WHERE ART THOU. No Country is leaps and bounds beyond those. In fact, it reigns supreme as 2007's best film.

    I don't always agree with movie critics but this time they got it right. It is the first time that Associated Press reviewers David Germain and Christy Lemire have both selected the same film as their #1 pick. With more award nominations than you could shake a stick at (including four Golden Globes, three Screen Actors Guilds, probably a gaggle of Oscars and many, many, many others), No Country will undeniably have directors, actors and screenwriters jumping up on stage come awards ceremony time.

    Equal parts thriller, western, crime-drama, and action, No Country weaves a tapestry of excellence throughout its length.

    The first note of excellence must be directed at Spanish actor Javier Bardem. Probably not very well known to most American audiences, Javier has cemented himself as the leader in portraying a psychopathic killer and (dare I say it!) has surpassed that of Anthony Hopkins in his SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Hannibal Lecter role (something that I thought would never happen). Ruthless, unforgiving, sociopathic, and in desperate need of a new hair style, Anton Chigurh (Bardem) is flawless. Every time he showed up on-screen I felt a chill run through my bones ("Call it"). Absolutely perfect.

    The next note of excellence must go to Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones. Llewelyn Moss (Brolin, PLANET TERROR) is the lucky/unlucky soft-spoken Texas cowpoke/hunter who stumbles across a veritable fortune in drug money only to be relentlessly pursued by killer Anton. Mr. Moss' gradual decline in health (mainly due to wounds inflicted on him by Anton) is painful to watch up until the very end. Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) is the opposite of Anton Chigurh. He doesn't understand all of the death and destruction laid at his feet. He longs for a time when murders were easy to track and solve, not these new-fangled deaths where bullets aren't used (air-guns do just fine) and there seems to be no rhyme or reason to their patterns.

    The fourth (perhaps this should've been first) note of excellence goes to the Coen brothers for their perfect adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel by the same name. Many lines of dialogue were lifted verbatim from the novel itself, including the ending monologue by Tommy Lee. It's noteworthy to mention here that the Coen brothers not only directed but wrote the screenplay, too.

    The final note has to go Cinematographer Roger Deakins (he's worked with the Coen brothers on many occasions and also did the exemplary JARHEAD work). Every scene was so well thought-out and so convincingly filmed that viewers are carried freakishly easy through this incredible story.

    It's difficult to do justice to this film with one short review, simply because there are so many great elements to it. The casting was spectacular — with Woody Harrelson (NORTH COUNTRY) and Kelly Macdonald (THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ) pulling in exceptional supporting roles — as was Carter Burwell's haunting original musical score and Mary Zophres impeccable costume designs.

    If you missed this film at your local cineplex, you may have gypped yourself from experiencing this amazing cinematic event. Now you've gotta wait for the DVD to be released and then ...it's your call.


  • Quotes: Llewelyn Moss: If I don't come back, tell mother I love her. Carla Jean Moss: Your mother's dead, Llewelyn. Llewelyn Moss: Well then I'll tell her myself.
  • Also known as: Sin lugar para los débiles (Argentina), Sin lugar para los débiles (Mexico - imdb display title), Sin lugar para los débiles (Peru - imdb display title), Sin lugar para los débiles (Venezuela), No Country for Old Men (Denmark), No Country for Old Men (Germany), No Country for Old Men (Norway), Nema zemlje za starce (Croatia), Nema zemlje za starce (Serbia), Non, ce pays n'est pas pour le vieil homme (Belgium - French title), Non, ce pays n'est pas pour le vieil homme (Canada - French title), Καμία Πατρίδα για τους Μελλοθάνατους (Greece), Старикам тут не место (Russia), Ei ole maad vanadele meestele (Estonia), Este País Não É Para Velhos (Portugal), Ihtiyarlara yer yok (Turkey - Turkish title), Kamia patrida gia tous mellothanatous (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Menetetty maa (Finland), Nô kantorî (Japan), Nem vénnek való vidék (Hungary), No country for old men - Non, ce pays n'est pas pour le vieil homme (France), No es país para viejos (Spain), Non è un paese per vecchi (Italy), Nu Exista Tara pentru Batrani (Romania - imdb display title), Onde os Fracos não Têm Vez (Brazil), Táto krajina nie je pre starých (Slovakia), Tahle zeme není pro starý (Czech Republic), To nie jest kraj dla starych ludzi (Poland),

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