When a Vietnam veteran discovers $2 million while wandering through the aftermath of a Texas drug deal gone horribly awry, his decision to abscond with the cash sets off a violent chain reaction in a stripped-down crime drama from Joel and
Ethan Coen. Llewelyn Moss (
Josh Brolin) has just stumbled into the find of a lifetime. Upon discovering a bullet-strewn pick-up truck surrounded by the corpses of dead bodyguards, Moss uncovers $2 million in cash and a substantial load of heroin stashed in the back of the vehicle. Later, as an enigmatic killer who determines the fate of his victims with the flip of a coin sets out in pursuit of Moss, the disillusioned Sheriff Bell (
Tommy Lee Jones) struggles to contain the rapidly escalating violence that seems to be consuming his once-peaceful Lone Star State town. Woody Harrelson,
Javier Bardem, and Kelly McDonald co-star in a distinctly American crime story that explores timeless Biblical themes in a contemporary southwestern setting. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide