The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones.The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Bardem) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.
If I were a teacher grading this movie as a test, I would give it a 99% and be so annoyed that the director couldn't get the last two minutes of the movie right. This movie was awesome. I absolutely loved it. Javier Bardem as the hitman guy was the creepiest movie character since Hannibal Lecter. You found yourself hanging on his every word and every scene that he was in. The tension throughout the movie was awesome. I found myself dying to know how it was going to wrap up and then . . . . . it didn't. The movie ended with Tommy Lee Jones babbling about something and then the credits suddenly rolling. The whole audience let out a sigh of discontent. It was one of the biggest movie endings downers ever. The movie totally rocks and let just ended with no closure. So upsetting.
I would still recommend everyone checking this out just because of the phenomenal performance of Javier Bardem. He's my pick for Best Actor of the year for this bad boy role. Just be warned about the massive pile of crap ending scene.
