No Country for Old Men, a Best Picture Oscar winner based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy and adapted and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, is a harsh look at the inevitability of consequences at a time when the nature of crime has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Set in west Texas, it’s a gripping variation on the chase film.
The film focuses on three characters: Vietnam veteran Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin, Avengers: Endgame), hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem, Eat Pray Love), and county Sheriff Ed Bell (Tommy Lee Jones, Men in Black). While hunting in the desert, Moss comes upon the bloody aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong. Dead bodies are strewn about and trucks are riddled with bullet holes. Only one man remains alive, wounded and begging for water. Using his tracking skills, Moss locates a huge cache of drug money, and takes it home.