No Country for Old Men 2007

No Country for Old Men is an American crime thriller which is directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and set in Western Texas. Throughout the film it examines the themes of fate and circumstance whilst adhering to the genre's villian driven plot. There are also traces of a sub genre linked with westerns, due to the remote and primitive setting of Texas. At the beginning of the film, the audience experience the non-diegetic narration of a texan sheriff explaining how difficult his job is,  "you have to be willing to die for the job". This builds up tension for us watching. Soon into the film, we come to learn of a criminal (Javier Bardem) who is arrested while the narration takes place. Shortly after Anton Chigurh is arrested, at the police station he strangles the police officer to death. He strangles him with no fear showing no concern as the man struggles to breath and eventually dies. After the murder has taken place, Anton steals the officer's car and pulls over an innocent person who is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The man automatically presumes he is a police officer and gets out the car as he is asked to, "step outside the car please sir". This scene which is placed in the desert, makes the audience feel very suspicious as we know no one is around to help therefore we automatically assumes something bad is going to happen. From this opening scene, we learn that Aton Chighur is a cold, calm and dangerous man.


This film tells the story of a drug deal that doesn't go to plan and therefore sees the death of several Mexican men. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) whilst hunting deer through the desert comes across the dead as well as a satchel full of money, which he takes back to his trailer. That night, he returns to the scene but is welcomed with an unpleasant surprise as he is quickly chased by two men in they're trucks who fire gun shots at him and intend to kill him. Fortunately, he gets away but returns to his home without his truck and wounded.Llewelyn then orders his wife to go and stay at her mothers so that Chighur cannot come to cause any harm to her.However Llewelyn soon comes to harm by Chighur as he finally hunts him down and kills him. Chighur then gets off without any arrests.