9 Incredibly Important Movie Characters Who Were Killed Off Screen

3. Llewelyn Moss - No Country For Old Men

Dammit, Coen brothers! You'd earned so much goodwill from fans with Raising Arizona and Fargo that you just had to go and see how far you could stretch it, didn't you?

We all know Joel and Ethan Coen can write a great death scene (wood-chipper, anyone?), but with No Country For Old Men, they also proved they could write a very frustrating death scene.

Josh Brolin's character, Llewelyn, is a Vietnam vet who looked to outsmart the sociopathic hitman, Anton Chigurh, sent to track him down for "stealing" money after coming across a drug deal gone awry. Llewelyn is the one shining ray of hope in this bleak movie, the only one the audience can really root for. All we want to see is a final confrontation between Llewelyn and Chigurh, hopefully with Llewelyn coming out on top.

We get none of that. Instead, he's killed by a seemingly random group of Mexican cartel members. We find out about it just as Tommy Lee Jones' character does, finding Llewelyn dead on the floor of a hotel room. Suddenly, the hope is gone. Everything is futile once again. Thanks, Coens.