character comeuppance

His films methodically track how characters' moral failings and hubris inevitably lead to their downfall, from *Fargo* to *No Country for Old Men*.

He constructs darkly absurd worlds where characters face escalating consequences for their cruelty, manipulation, and moral blindness in films like *The Killing of a Sacred Deer*.

His unflinching examinations of violence and complicity show how characters' indifference and transgressions circle back with devastating, inescapable results.