No country for old men

No country for old men is a western thriller. The main characters are Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chigurh. Anton is a hired hitman that seems to have no emotion, hunting Llewelyn who happened to stumble upon $2 Million after finding a drug trade gone wrong.

The film starts by showing Anton escaping arrest by murdering the police officer who is watching him. From there we learn his favored weapon is simply an oxygen tank. As Llewelyn fights to survive from cartel members, savage hounds, and rushing rivers, Anton is fast on his heels, using a hidden tracking device within the briefcase of money to find Llewelyn.

The film uses a wide array of techniques to display the main aim of the characters. The main one being the Macguffin of the money, as we do not actually care about the money but it is the main aim of what is happening for the characters, however it can be Argued that Anton actually enjoys hunting and killing people (psychopathic killer)

Anton seems to have a 'God' complex as he uses a coin to determine whether someone is going to die twice throughout the film. By doing this the directors give Anton the image of someone who simply cannot be beaten. More examples of this is when he gets shot in the leg, cleans it and simply moves on, towards the end of the film Chigurh is involved in a car accident which snaps his harm and leaves the bone out of the actual skin, which he wraps a shirt around and walks away.

Llewelyn is the opposite, following a idea of someone who is constantly on the losing side and in danger, especially as he is shown in a hospital bed accompanied by Carson, Carson mentions how it only took him three hours to find him which really adds a sense of desperation.