No Country for Old Men | 
| Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Beth Grant
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Rating:  706 reviews
Sales Rank: 336
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: DISD55640D
UPC: 786936746754
EAN: 0786936746754
ASIN: B00118T63C
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 11, 2008
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Product Description
WHEN A MAN STUMBLES ON A BLOODY CRIME SCENE, A PICKUP TRUCK LOADED WITH HEROIN & 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN IRRESISTIBLE CASH, HIS DECISION TO TAKE THE MONEY SETS OFF AN UNSTOPPABLE CHAIN OF VIOLENCE.
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The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Disturbing, philosophical, oddly beautiful at times: a unique thriller (5- stars) June 30, 2009
Debbie Lee Wesselmann (the Lehigh Valley, PA)
Through sweeping cinematography, excellent dialogue, and distinctive characters, this tale of a man hunted by a sociopath transcends its plot. In the western plains, towns, and cities, a sociopath, Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is in pursuit of a large sum of cash from a drug deal. Unfortunately for retired welder Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who finds the cash, Chigurh will stop at nothing to get it. The small town sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones), who puts together what has happened, wants to get to Llewelyn, and a tracker (Woody Harrelson) hired by a drug lord wants to get to the money, all before the ruthless Chirgurh does, The result is a tense, violent chase at the speed of small town life.
The dialogue is so reminiscent of the Coen brothers' much earlier "Fargo" that it is surprising that much of it derives from a novel by a different writer, although the melding of Coens with Cormac McCarthy makes perfect sense. In particular, the sheriff's exchanges with his deputy (Garrett Dillahunt) and his wife (played with down-to-earth confidence by Tess Harper) give this film its greater context and rhythm as evil is treated with both matter-of-fact acceptance and disbelief. Philosophy is doled out in brief parcels punctuated by pauses.
Tommy Lee Jones has played this kind of character so many times that it is remarkable that he makes each one unique. with its frighteningly is pure evil, though even he lives by a set of rules, as ruthless as those are. Brolin delivers a fine, sympathetic portrait of Llewelyn Moss. And Bardem is simply terrifying with his monotone delivery and largely blank expression.
"No Country for Old Men" is about the unexpected ways evil enters the lives of ordinary people, and the toll it takes on those who try to stop it. Because of the tension throughout, this theme is not clear until the last moments, in an ending that at first seems out-of-place and rushed (the last a valid critique.) Although much of the violence takes place off-screen, you can never tell when it won't, and that gives the impression of a bloody-and-gore film. I find this to be one of the best Coen brother films, although it took several days of thinking about it afterward to realize it.
-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann
no country for old men June 24, 2009
Judy L. Zaragoza (bay area ca)
great movie, the hitman is weird but somewhat funny. great acting for all the actors.
 this special edition bluray comes too quickly on the heels of the original bluray release June 20, 2009
Michael Giltz
OK, so it's $5 more than the original BluRay and $20 more than the standard DVD. That's just way too much. The movie looks great and has a digital copy and Bardem is genuinely spooky as an assassin. But you probably have a Cormac McCarthy poster on your wall if you're ready to buy this. And putting out a pricier Special Edition on BluRay after putting out the already expensive original BluRay release is highly questionable. This is the last thing you need to do when launching a format -- make people who have committed to it feel like they bought a title too soon.
different June 17, 2009
linda scarlett (tn)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
good movie ive watched a few times already everytime i do i catch something that i had missed tommy lee jones great as usual it is worth the buy
 amazingly mediocre June 17, 2009
TellItLikeTis (Williamsburg, VA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched this movie three times to make sure I wasn't missing something. The verdict is so clear: this is a mediocre B movie at best. The storyline is stilted, the acting decent at best, usually boorish or over the top, with Tommy Lee Jones sleepwalking through his lines and Woody Harrelson a stereotype of a facsimile. What this movie shows more than anything is the lack of taste and the herd mentality of the contemporary crop of movie reviews, determined to see something deep and allegorical when there is nothing of the sort. If ever there was a case of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' in the movie genre, this is it. The last time there was such hoopla over a mediocre B movie was the pitiful Lord of the Rings series, which was such a bastardization of the majestic trilogy of books. How in the world could this movie be nominated for, much less garner, Academy Awards? It boggles the mind....
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