SPOILERS BELOW:

The movie is one big allegory for evil in the world and how humans cope with it and it is expressed through the characters. I also really appreciated the balls the movie had to kill off characters. It introduced Woody’s character very well. His interactions made me completely understand him and care for what was going to happen because he felt that he not only understood the evil of Anton, but that he could defeat him. And I completely believed it. Then you see him in the situation he thinks he can get out of and he just…dies. It’s another unique angle the movie presents for how people deal with the unavoidable evil of the world. I still am thinking about it to this day. And your also meant to feel unsatisfied. It’s the whole crux of the film told through Tommy Lee Jones.