No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men is a criminal thriller based in the west. The film tells a story of a man who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong, where he finds a large sum of money that does not belong to him. The film has a villain driven plot because this man is now being chased by a hit man who shows no feelings of guilt or remorse, one could even say he gains a feeling of satisfaction every time he kills someone. themes of guilt and circumstance are examined in this film.

This film follows the archetype of a typical thriller as a ''civilian'' is forced to become the hero to save himself from a resourceful villain.

The main character of this film sends his wife to live with her mother in order to protect her when he finds out he is being followed

The film follows three main characters during its story, these are the villain, a regular citizen and a Sheriff. They are all caught up within the same story.

The villain, named Anton Chigurh, has been paid to capture the regular citizen, named Llewelyn Moss, who stumbled upon a drug deal gone wrong and has found himself a bag full of money, two million dollars to be exact. The Sheriff is stuck in between, his job is to stop the villain and obtain the money that has been stolen.

The ending of this film is very unusual as it is difficult to come to any real conclusion as to what happened, this is not typical of a thriller film. The hit man has been mortally wounded in a car crash, the  Sheriff retired and the citizen ended up dead.

The MacGuffin in this film was the suitcase of money as all three main characters were in some way connected to it and wanted to get it. The audience does not know what happened to this money as the way in which Llewelyn was killed was not shown to the audience. This is another unusual aspect of this film because typically the audience is not concerned with the MacGuffin, but in this case it raises a few questions as the whereabouts of this MacGuffin are not clearly stated at the end of the film.

There was another character that entered the equation half way through the film, the private detective. A lot of characters within the film believed this character to be powerful and resourceful and they counted on him to stop Anton but we later find out that he is just another one for Anton's body count. This helps emphasize the power of Anton as a villain, implying that even the smartest most resourceful 'heroes' will be unable to stop him from finishing his mission and satisfying his desire to kill.