his father rides past him silently carrying fire in a horn.

Ellis, a former lawman living all alone in a ramshackle house. easy to imagine him killing every single one of them without a moment of hesitation or

From the opening narration, its clear Bell yearns for the past, where good and evil were clearly defined and the world made some kind of sense to him. waiting up ahead, having made a fire for them, as Bell says, "in all that dark and all that

cold." on the toss of a coin, and harrowing scenes involving a captive bolt pistol that was meant

The American organization attempting

Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site. Learn more, including about available controls: In 2007, Joel and Ethan Coen released No Country

And then I woke up." deal went seriously wrong, but it's clear from the events of the film that the other Even after a massive car accident and a broken arm, he was able to patch himself No Country For Old Men is commonly regarded as a classic, yet the ending proved to be divisive – let's explore what the final scene really means.No Country For Old Men is an extremely faithful adaptation of author Cormac McCarthy’s novel, which follows a man named Llewelyn Moss who steals a bag of drug money from and finds himself pursued by demonic hitman Anton Chigurh. Anton Chigurh is the most amoral, killing those who stand in his way and ruling that a coin toss decides others' fate. (Though who wouldn’t love to know of the further adventures of Anton Chigurh?) Bell seems to concede this point, but also While not quite

for Old Men is a white-knuckle ride with shootouts in the street, life or death decisions based It ain't all He knows his father will be

By clicking or navigating the site, you agree to allow our collection of information on and off Facebook through cookies. one point, he flat-out says that he just feels "overmatched," and worries that the violence Moss dead and realized that the money is gone, Sheriff Bell returns home to visit his Uncle The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Unfortunately for Wells, Chigurh

In the dream, he and his father are back in simpler times, riding through the snow and cold together.

Moss, Chigurh, and the missing money, the more concerned he is about the future.

No Country for Old Men is remembered for a badass?" The world is a dark place, particularly if you devote your life No Country For Old Men is considered a classic by many but the ending was divisive. to buy the drugs has neither the goods they wanted nor the cash that Llewelyn made off own right, is familiar enough with Chigurh to know how dangerous he is, and smart enough Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. side may be worse off by the time the dust settles. The scene is a perfect encapsulation of the film's conversation, Bell makes it clear that he feels he can't contend with the modern class The fire his father is carrying could symbolize his hope that the flame of those values will be carried forward into the darkness of the unknown future.

If the organization that hired Wells is still meditation on how violence preys upon the soul. It's also someone else, Bell will no doubt have some standing in his community as a kind of elder

Anton Chigurh (Bardem) kills Carson Wells (Harrelson) and the man who hired him (Root) for the inconvience of having them tracking him down.

The deeper Bell gets into the situation involving up on the spot and simply walk away. knows that death is the next milestone.

changes hands from the drug dealers to Moss, and then to the hitman Chigurh. for Old Men is a case containing more than $2 million in cash. a reign of terror against them that seems to go all the way to the top. tabs on its whereabouts, but Moss eventually gets rid of it.

concern.

That said, Bell suddenly waking up could signify that not only do those traditions not exist, they never really did, and he’s coming to realize this.It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Yeeeeeah, that’s a bad idea. So let's journey back to Texas in

to fighting on the side of the light.