This. Movie. SUCKED. They say a dollar doesn’t go far anynmore, and they’re right! If you are at Blockbuster or your local rental store and you see this movie on the shelves, stay away. The story starts with the bad guy, played by Javiar Bardem, already in custody, manages to escape, after killing the officer that arrested him. He then goes on a killing spree using an air gun. Then we see Josh Brolin’s character, who finds 2 million dollars in a bag from a drug deal done wrong. He takes the money and runs, thus telling his wife to get out of town.
Then we find the sheriff, played by Tommy Lee Jones, who is searching for the meaning of life, or somethinig like that. Quite frankly, the Tommy Lee Jones character is a thankless role, and the movie could of lived on without him. The Josh Brolin character turns out to be a thankless roles as he is killed off without a warning. As for the Javiar Bardem character, it reminds me a role that Sly Stallone played back in the 80’s…John Rambo from the first Rambo movie. The difference is that the audience could understand what made Rambo tick. Bardem’s character is just moving through life, killing everyone in sight. Granted, that might just be the character. Towards the end of the picture, after Tommy Lee Jones gives a long winded speech about his dreams, the movie ends!
The Academy Awards got this one wrong! The movie felt incomplete for me. I get that the cinematography was great. I even get how Javiar Bardem could get nominated. But where’s the story? What’s the point? If you have a dollar on you and you go into your video store, stay away from this movie!
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