No Country For Old Men Character Analysis

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No Country for Old Men is a neo-western thriller that is executed in a way that begs for a second viewing. The movie was released in 2007 and was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The story is based on the novel No Country for Old Men written by Cormac McCarthy. The movie contains three main characters who play a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout the film. The first character introduced in the movie via narration is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, a rugged old lawman with crack detective skills played by Tommy Lee Jones. The second main character introduced to us is Anton Chighur, an insane professional killer working for an unnamed criminal organization played by Javier Bardem. Finally there is Llewelyn Moss, a dirt poor Vietnam veteran with a keen