Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged...

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Thrillers and horror use coin flips, roulette cylinders, contracts, and rigged games to ratchet up dread by putting fate in cold, unpredictable hands. In No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh’s coin tosses decide life or death with ruthless detachment