Review by moonkodi
I feel like I need to watch this movie throughly because it's rated so high and I can't see why.
Firstly our killer Anton escapes his cuffs faster than a magician that needs a piss. He strangles an officer looking a like crazed rat with a lego man haircut. Then he kills another man with a cattle gun whilst being polite. So I guess this is our psycho?
A man called Llewelyn slowly follows a blood trail through a drug deal gone bad and finds some money. He goes back home to his wife who's character relies on asking question after question. Llewelyn sends his wife away and decides to go back to the dangerous scene because.. It's really a basic plot set up? He out runs a jeep until he escapes into a river where he out swims a dog and shoots it. I'm fine with that.
Anton is back. He's now in threaten mode. He's questioning questions... because that's a deep and psychological character trait for a slow walking, frozen faced, mumbling psycho cliché. There's a coin toss full of pretentious meaning for the sake of making Anton appear a complex. Feels more like for a Hollywood award. Anyway he kills two more. Still no police interested in this escaped psycho. Is this a glorified slasher movie?
Sheriff Ed appears. He's to old for this shit and appears a bit senile.
Anton brakes into Llewelyn's home with the cattle gun. It blows locks clean out. He traced Llewelyn because he went back to the drug deal scene (obviously killed people there too) and found Llewelyn's jeep and some personal items. He drinks some milk to leave behind a clue.
The Sheriff is not far behind because he was also at the drug scene and recognised Llwelyn's jeep. He gets to Llewyn's home and jokes they're after a man that drinks milk like they're clueless. How about start with the escaped psycho that has connections and killed an officer?
Llewelyn gets a motel room some miles away with free hbo and hides the money in the air conditioning system. The movie is pretty good so far apart from the philosophical terminator aka Anton.
Llewelyn, who doesn't know the money is bugged switches hotel rooms anyway, still has access to the money through the air vent system. Another lazy set up for a scene that leaves holes.
Anton traced the money pretty fast and walks around barefoot outside the motel room. Quirky. Anton enters Llewelyn's first rented room and kills three cartel members who are also after the money and have traced it. How did they get there? Didnt Llewyn notice as all he's doing is listening out?
Llewelyn escapes and you'd think he'd move to the other side of the country. Nope. He hitchhikes still not far enough away for the tracer to be ineffective. A new motel room. No hbo. By the time Llewelyn actually checks the money (why only now) and finds out he's bugged he hears someone outside the door? There is some good tension building. Obviously it's Anton who is a dab hand at using tracer by now. I think Anton killed the desk guy at the motel. Still non police or witnesses. The police have better things to do like question the point of it all.
A motel gun fight ends up in the streets. Nobody is around and nobody calls the police. Antons prefer stealth method during this tense shootout is to noisily walk slowly in the middle of the street. Guns are fired and Anton the escapologist dissappears.
Injured Llewelyn hides the money and gets into Mexico because he's drinking a beer and wearing coat whilst covered in blood. Brilliant disguise. Is that a typical Mexican?
Woody Harrelson's character Carson has previously been seen talking about how crazy Anton is. Because we never would have guessed. Here he's found Llewelyn in a Mexican hospital. How did that happen? Dont ask. The only questions must be from Anton asking questions about question. Carson takes a walk and happens to find the case of hidden money. Carson is psychic? Carson returns to his room and bumps into Anton. What timing. Anton attempts another illogical deep and meaningful Oscar nomination winning chat but is interrupted by the phone ringing. Anton shoots Carson in that cold way psychos in average movies do and answers the phone. Bye Carson. Thanks for being a part. Anton and llewelyn exchange threats on the phone. The movie is getting a little slow now with only half an hour left.... at some point Anton killed Carson's boss and got all deep again but I forget when....
Llewelyn goes to another motel room after being let back into the United States because he was in Vietnam. Great. Murcia! Proud. So why not just go get your wife now and vanish? Nah.
The Sheriff, obviously on his own because it's merely a simply drug cartel and mass murder case, finds a dead Llewelyn in his hotel room after the cartel sped away. Sheriff Ed is still wandering to himself what it's all about. That's what his character does rather then call the FBI.
Sheriff Ed goes back to the motel where Llewelyn was murdered. Why? He notices the lock has been air shot out. He's noticed this pattern. The only thing he has noticed. There is a coin on the floor. Sign of a coin toss whether Anton would shoot Ed? But Anton is in the room hiding. What timing Anton has. Ed goes away. He's had his pointless visit.
Time for Sheriff Ed's Oscar winning chat with a pal. It's no country for an old man y'know...
Anton finds Llewelyn's widow because he's keeping a promise to kill her. Just how deep is this Anton? She asks for mercy and the best Anton can offer is a coin toss. Because life is a coin toss.... We don't see if he kills her or not because that would be obvious filmmaking and we want it to be obviously unobvious. Just like the anti climax death of Llewelyn. Genius. Where's the award?
Anton is in a car accident that you easily anticipate. It's his very own coin toss. How clever. Genius. He has a bone sticking out his arm but refuses to stay for an ambulance. Does he even have to worry if an officer shows up? Nobody cares about mass murderers.
Sheriff Ed with some final coming of age dialogue and reflection . ENDThe movie had potential but Anton in particular was a stack clichés. Why did Anton want tge money anyway? The hell is he going to use it for? Maybe we'll see him gambling in a sequel screaming 'Vegas baby yeah' while killing someone with a chainsaw?
I can't recall any character development at all. The plot was a decent man hunt at times (I can excuse a few coincidences) but it was full of coincidences and the time line was a basic dot connec2ti on that wasn't even hidden. The dialogue was fine but pretentious with Antony and stagnant with the Sheriff. People lap this stuff up to feel smart about themselves and to feel like they've watched something special. Movie manipulation at its finest. Also the filmmakers show that if you use good actors and make a film look good enough and add pseudo intellectual dialogue, you can get away with it. This whole movie feels it's sole contrived purpose was to grab some awards and be credited as a smart movie. Pretty self indulgent film making. Job done I suppose. I don't even mind bad films if they know they're bad and entertain but when they pretend they're clever with cheap dialogue and then attract elitists.. annoyingloading replies
@moonkodi wowww thanks man
Great review
Full of coincidences, and pointless things
and irrelevant dialogues that tried to be intellectual
As you said , you wouldn't mind cheap entertaining stuff
