Does The Accountant Survive In No Country For Old Men?

Asked by: Ms. Prof. Dr. John Smith B.Eng. | Last update: September 1, 2023
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After spending much of No Country For Old Men following Moss (Josh Brolin) as he tries to stay one step ahead of Chigurh (Javier Bardem), the character is shockingly killed offscreen by assassins. Chigurh later recovers the money Moss stole and, true to his earlier threat, comes to kill Moss' wife Carla Jean.

What does Anton do with the money?

In the book he kills off the men who set up the botched drug buy, including the man who hired Wells. He then returns the money to the money man who is not shown in the movie. He then sets himself up as the in between man for the money backer.

Does Chigurh kill Llewelyn?

Chigurh killed him, and Chigurh will kill Llewelyn's wife if Llewelyn doesn't return the money. Llewelyn retrieves the money and continues running, picking up a hitchhiker along the way. They stop at a hotel and both are killed by drug runners.

Did Chigurh kill the clerk?

Unnamed Mexican Gang Member - Shot in the chest by Anton Chigurh with a silenced shotgun off-camera, body heard hitting the ground. Unnamed Hotel Clerk - Killed by Anton Chigurh off-screen. Unnamed Man - Shot in the neck and head by Anton Chigurh.

Did Anton find the money?

Anton shows up later at night at the crime scene. He locates the money because he knows about Llewelyn's trick of hiding the money in the duct. We're also shown that the vent grill has been removed.

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How does Chigurh get the money?

In 1980, Chigurh is hired to retrieve a satchel holding $2.4 million from the scene of a drug deal gone wrong in West Texas. He discovers that a local welder named Llewelyn Moss, who chanced upon the money while hunting, has taken it and left town.

How did Mexicans know where Llewelyn was?

In the end, the Mexicans found Moss by tapping the phone of either Sheriff Bell or Carla Jean Moss. Carla Jean told sheriff Bell where Llewellyn was. All the hitmen knew Moss was traveling along the border and that he was trying to get back to his wife.

Was Anton Chigurh in the military?

There's a theory that Chigurh was a soldier in the Vietnam War much like Moss, which could explain not only his talent for improvising and endurance, but also his psychopathic and detached personality.

Why does Llewelyn return to the crime scene?

He doesn't want to let a man die of thirst in the desert. It's too bad the good deed ends up getting him killed. That's right—it's when Llewelyn returns to the scene of the crime that he is caught.

What happens to Anton Chigurh at the end of the novel?

We see him take a meaningless car crash, just a fluke of nature. Death can die. It may be from a blood clot, or a result of infection from his wounds, but Chigurh only looks like the Terminator.

Does Anton kill the wife?

The point of that scene is he has no conscience and no qualms killing her. The coin flip in a way shows he had a hint of remorse about killing her. He definitely killed her.

What is the ending of No Country for Old man?

By the end of the film, Ed Tom is retired, his sense of law and order upended by the Moss affair, which means someone else now has to follow in his footsteps and become the next sheriff.

Does Anton kill?

Throughout the movie Anton is careful not to get his victims blood on him (or even more specifically his boots). At the Regal Motel he removes his boots before going to room 138 and killing the Mexicans.

Why does Anton Chigurh have that haircut?

The Spanish actor's hair was moulded into a long bowl cut for his role as assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' film. According to Josh Brolin, Bardem was so mortified by his new look that he did not want to be seen while shooting the movie. He said: "[Javier] was depressed during the process.

What is Anton Chigurh's motive?

Objectives. Chigurh is hired to retrieve the drug money and kill Moss. However, this is not his motivation (he kills the people who hired him) – his motivation is justice and in his principles. He holds high morals about a certain way life should be and derives it from a higher power.

Who killed Moss?

Moss is later pursued by both Mexican gangsters and the psychopathic assassin known as Anton Chigurh. Moss is ultimately killed by the Mexicans, although Chigurh is the one who discovered the drug money, hidden in a ventilation shaft in the motel Moss stayed at.

Is Anton Chigurh a psychopath?

Among the most interesting recent and most realistic idiopathic psychopathic characters is Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen brothers' film, No Country for Old Men. Anton Chigurh is a well-designed prototypical idiopathic/primary psychopath.

Who got the money in no country?

Chigurh got the money later. So after the crime scene had been closed up he went to the room, popped the lock, found the bag and was in the process of leaving when Bell shows up the second time. I'm still a bit uncertain where he was hiding but he was clearly near-by as you saw him in the shadows.

How does Carson Wells find Moss?

In the novel (spoiler alert) Wells is able to track Moss' bloody boot prints across the bridge, and he correctly deduces that Moss is in the hospital. Chigurh probably did the same. Chigurh is a relentless, remorseless killer who is extremely good at what he does.

How did Anton Chigurh escape?

Reviewing the scene it seems provable that Chigurh was simply hiding behind the door of the motel room and he snuck out when Ed Tom entered the bathroom. Here is the sequence of events, including only the important bits.