Texas Killing Fields

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Good movie!

Good movie!

source: Texas Killing Fields

Rambles from one scene to another until you don't care anymore. If all you are left to talk about is some scenery and some acting then that should tell you something about the movie. Speaking of acting, Moretz's was just bad. The others didn't do themselves too many favours either. The story, the villains, the pacing, the dialogue are all equally pathetic. Don't know what sort of true events this was based on but it was not a story that needed to to be told. Or at least not told in this terrible way. Struggling to even spew up enough venom to fill the required number of lines. Sorry mann, the directing gene clearly skipped a generation. Wish them well. Thank you.

This is a movie about forgetting and confusion (what did I want to say? how come there are so many characters? what shall I do with them? what do you mean by "the plot"? I am directing a movie?? really? since when??). Total waste of good actors, time and, of course, invested money. This movie should have been directed by someone who is, at least, involved in it, knowing what to do. Otherwise it looks exactly like this: a bunch of characters which are connected but you'll never find out how and why, some parallel stories which do intersect occasionally (so one may be fooled and expect a wisely directed finale, when everything shows up and is explained - no, it is not), ending of the movie which over viewers head leaves a question mark big as Burj Khalifa ("hey! the movie just started! what is this?!") and so on. On the other hand, camera work is great. Acting too. Therefore 4 stars. Otherwise it would be 0. And you'll always find a creature who will find this mess a masterpiece. That's life.

Brian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Mike (Sam Worthington) are crime scene police officers in Texas City, Texas. They are involved in a long term search for what appears to be a serial killer who dumps bodies in an area called the Killing Fields. There is also an involvement here with Pam (Jessica Chastain), Mike's ex-wife and also a crime scene officer, but in another district. A teenage girl called Little Annie (Chloe Moretz) mooches around aimlessly: her mother doesn't want her around as she services (presumably) several deeply unsavoury men. Bodies turn up. There are arguments - Mike and Pam do not get on. And the serial killer search develops. I had a lot of trouble with this film, as the synopsis above probably shows. It seemed to want to develop organically and, in so doing, denied me any kind of coherent narrative thrust: things happened and, while I felt that there were probably good reasons why they happened, I wasn't told why - maybe they happened off screen, or a long time ago. As a result, I felt that the story wasn't told very well and I had great difficulty following it. The opening screen says that it was based on true events (an assertion which I am never prepared to accept at face value): if so, then they were not represented very well. I can understand Chloe Moretz taking a more serious part at this point in her career, but this was not a good part for her: all she did was mope around aimlessly. This was an unsatisfactory experience.

I was sort of hanging for this film, great cast, story line that can make for great viewing, and I like the setting of the story as well. And after another lackluster year when it comes to entertainment on the big screen, I thought this could be great! Well sadly to say it is messy, when it comes to this kind of cop film, you need direction, some one that can tell the story at a good pace, connect all the dots, get you engrossed in the mood of the film, make you sit and wait for more clues and so on, but this film lacks all of that. Sure the acting is solid, but I expected that with the good cast, but it just does not flow at a good pace, it jumps over some dots that should be connected to make you feel you are part of the characters, and that's where this film is messy, hence my score of 5, sort of sits in the middle. Nothing special, but not bad either, 5 out of 5 for this one.

In Little Texas, Texas, Detectives Brian Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Mike Souder (Sam Worthington) are investigating a series of murders of women by a serial-killer. When they leave the crime scene where a body was found, Brian brings the girl Ann Sliger (Chloë Grace Moretz) that is on probation to the house of her dysfunctional family and delivers the neglected Ann to her careless mother. Then they are called by Detective Pam Stall (Jessica Chastain), who is Mike's ex-wife, to help her to investigating a case of missing woman, but the case is outside their jurisdiction. However, they join Pam in her investigation while the family man Brian tries to help Ann and protect the girl against the abusive friends of her mother. Mike follows a clue that leads to two local criminals while Brian follows a different line of investigation and finds that the bodies were dumped in an area called "The Killing Fields". When Ann is kidnapped by the serial-killer, Brian seeks her out alone in the dangerous land. "Texas Killing Fields" is an underrated and gritty detective story. The screenplay could be improved since the situation of two different groups of killers is confused but later the plot becomes clearer and the viewer is able to understand the big picture. The locations in the bayous show an American reality that is not well- explored in Amereican films.The cast has great actors and actresses and the performances are excellent. Ami Canaan Mann is the daughter of Michael Mann and this is her second feature. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): "Em Busca de um Assassino" ("Chasing a Killer")

I was very excited to see this film when I heard they were making a movie based on the true events in 'the Texas killing fields'. I thought it might be reminiscent of 'Zodiac' which was superbly done (in my opinion). I really wanted to like this movie. It has good actors, and the chance of a great storyline. Unfortunately, that did not help this movie in the least. First of all, the storyline is confusing. It seems as if we (the audience) are dropped into the middle of a situation and forced to figure out where we are, what's going on etc... The main characters who are the detectives- Det. Mike Souder (Sam Worthington) and Brian Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) seem to have a history together, but what it is, I have no idea. The storytelling (again) is so poor and disjointed that we (the audience) are left to ponder that situation as well. Quickly, we are also introduced to a little girl named Anne (Chloë Grace Moretz), who actually does the best acting of anyone in the entire film. Now, I am getting myself confused just writing this review. Back to the point...I found this movie confusing, disjointed, lacking a clear direction. I could barely understand a word that came out of Sam Worthington's mouth because his fake southern accent was...criminal. ;-) The story left so many holes, no real explanations of the horrors that have and continue to go on since the 1970's. It just did not tie everything in together in a logical sense. I saw on CBS, that the real detectives that have been working this case, hope that with the release of the movie 'The Texas Killing Fields' some new leads will come to light. After seeing this movie, I highly doubt that, which really is a shame. Should you watch this movie? Well, I wouldn't, but I know you will be curious to see it just like I was.