The so-called codger representing besieged law and order is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, played by Tommy Lee Jones with the kind of wit and assurance that reveals a master actor at the top of his game. McCarthy reveals a soulless America that is no country for anyone, never mind old men. What do the criminal acts of losers in a flyover state have to do with the life of the mind? It’s also as entertaining as hell, which tends to rile up elitists. Set in 1980 in West Texas, where the chase is on for stolen drug money, the film - a new career peak for the Coen brothers, who share writing and directing credits - is a literate meditation (scary words for the Transformers crowd) on America’s bloodlust for the easy fix. Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel is an indisputably great movie, at this point the year’s very best. Those people, of course, are deaf, dumb and blind to anything that isn’t spelled out between commercials on dying TV networks. Misguided souls will tell you that No Country for Old Men is out for blood, focused on vengeance and unconcerned with the larger world outside a standard-issue suspense plot.
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