Thrillers and horror films use coin flips, roulette wheels, and rigged games to...

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Thrillers and horror films use coin flips, roulette wheels, and rigged games to ramp up dread by handing fate to chance and cruelty. In *No Country for Old Men*, a coin flip decides life or death, stripping control from characters and viewers alike