I friggin' love the Coen Brothers. Always have and most likely always will. They are incredible filmmakers (that goes without saying) and with their newest film, "No Country For Old Men", they have topped everything that has come before. No matter how much I write in this review, no matter how much I talk this film up, nothing I say or do will even come close to explaining just how powerful this film is. From the tight screenplay, to the incredible acting, to the most solid direction of their careers, this is the ultimate Coen Brothers film. Trust me on that.

So what's it about? Well, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles across the remnants of a drug deal gone horribly wrong in the desert. A bloodbath had ensued just hours earlier and Moss scours the scene, eventually coming across a body sitting beside a satchel containing a large amount of cash. Succumbing to temptation, Moss makes off with the money. This sets in motion a cataclysmic chain of events that leaves many bodies in the dirt as Moss is chased down by a ruthless, cold-blooded killer named Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), whose methods of execution includes a pressurized air tank that becomes as scary of a murder weapon as any ever captured on celluloid. Investigating the trail of bodies is an aging sheriff played by Tommy Lee Jones.

As Moss tries to outrun and outwit his pursuer, the story that unfolds is one of violence and bleakness, a cold look into the deepest depths of the human soul. Chigurh is the epitome of evil, a walking Angel of Death who seemingly was born without a conscience. Yet he is mesmerizing. Evil doesn't begin to describe this killer, an inhuman soulless creature who can decide a persons fate at the flip of a coin. Javier Bardem scares the living shit out of me in this role. Just hand the Oscar over to him now, because his is the performance of the year, if not the decade.

The tension mounts as Moss becomes aware of Chigurh's intent to "visit" his wife, who he has sent to her mother's home. In brief, but scary encounters with Chigurh, Moss is well aware of how dangerous the man is. Even more so when he is visited by Carson Wells (Woody Harrelson), a tracker who knows all about Chigurh. Wells finds Moss in a Mexican hospital, explains the inherent danger to a stubborn Moss, and soon finds himself in Chigurh's presence. It becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse as Moss tries to escape Chigurh and meet up with his wife so that they can disappear together. Chigurh's path of destruction continues to grow as things come to a boil.

And that's all I can share about the plot without saying too much. But I can speak on the acting in this picture. Josh Brolin gives another standout performance here and is as solid as he's ever been. With this performance, and the one he gave in "American Gangster" last year, Brolin is on his way to becoming the next big thing in Hollywood. This guy can act his ass off. And whether you like or loathe his character in this film, there's no denying Brolin's star power. Tommy Lee Jones is as good as he's ever been, if not better under the Coen's direction. And Javier Bardem is just simply incredible. Nothing more needs to be said.

The movie is beautifully shot. A gorgeous film to watch, this is the best looking film of the Coen's career as well. Even the scenes of violence have a stylistic grace to them that helps this film achieve a level of perfection that few films have ever reached.

I cannot stress enough how good this movie is. You have to see it for yourself. Without a doubt the crowning achievement in the Coen's career, "No Country For Old Men" is most definitely a Killer Film.