i rented this the same time as michael clayton, and kept putting it off. i was disappointed in clayton, and for some reason i had this movie pegged as a subtitled, mexican drama, and just wasn’t in the mood to watch it. boy, was i wrong. yes, there are mexicans, but nowhere to be found is the subtitles. a gritty, drug cartel type movie with the west as a backdrop. as a character the landscape set the mood. desolate, wide, harsh, sparse. i loved jarvier bardem’s character. he was methodical in his madness. i could listen to him speak for hours. he sends shivers down my spine. the only thing i wasn’t too fond of was the end. it kind of ended abruptly for my taste. looking back, the conversation w/his wife about his dream of his father and how he would always be there when he caught up could be replaced w/bardem’s character. i just wanted the story to go on more, i wasn’t ready for it to end.