Diagonaldi Very well executed

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Agnieszka Grabowicz Maybe you need to know how it is to come from a place that tries to drag you back into its dirt to like this movie, but I found it really well observed and beautifully built up till the last moment. Sam Worthington certainly is a positive surprise to me, I only saw him in quite unimaginatively audacious productions so far, it's great to discover his other side.

kincaid-5 I stuck with this film because I'm a fan of several actors, and the atmosphere and performances are strong. But I had to watch it several times before I knew for sure who was doing what, which is not good story-telling. The key point, which too many people miss, is that there are two completely separate cases here. Inside Texas City, two pimps have murdered one of their girls, and Souder wants to concentrate on busting them. Outside TC, in the county, there is a serial killer, and Souder wants nothing to do with that case. Partly he worries that his partner Heigh will get too involved emotionally, partly he would have to work with his ex-wife, but mostly -- like most people in the area -- he regards the Killing Fields as a place of all-consuming chaos and evil, best left absolutely alone. ("Your god don't come here.") If you look at the dates on the photos on Heigh's map, it's clear that this can't all be the work of one killer; a lot of them died before Rhino was born. The main narrative line is about how Souder is dragged unwillingly into the hunt for the serial killer, by his antipathy for Rhino and his loyalty to Heigh, who simply refuses to let go. (It also lets him heal a bit about his relationship with Pam.) The film had a lot going for it, but it's a shame that the story-telling was allowed to get so muddled that many viewers couldn't follow it.

Tss5078 Texas Killing Fields is a movie that should have been a TV series instead. There is way too much going on here for a simple two hour movie, leaving things confusing and unsettled. Based on a true story, Texas Killing Fields tells the story of an area outside of Texas City known as the highway to hell. Since 1970, more than 60 bodies have been found dumped in this desolate area and most of the crimes have never been solved. This film follows the arrival of a New York City Homicide Detective, who has moved to the area and starts investigating a recent series of crimes. If this film had stuck to the story, it would have been terrific, because there was a lot to work with. Instead, the film jumps between three different crimes, in two different jurisdictions, which leaves a team of detectives separated and working on their own things. There is absolutely no background story on the detectives, the victims, the suspects, or the fields, and when the cops are talking to people, it feels like you've missed a whole lot of background information. Everyone knows everyone in these small towns, but the writers seem to have forgotten that we don't know anyone and were left extremely confused. There are a dozen suspect and a new victim every half hour. With each cop working on his own, we are thrown back and fourth to the point where the film becomes unwatchable. Avatar's Sam Worthington stars and as with that film, he's really nothing special. The guy is an interesting side character at best, but definitely not ready to be starring his own film. His partner is played by Jeffery Morgan, who eerily looks like he could be Javier Bardem's twin. Morgan was somewhat better than Worthington, but again the performance was uneven and hard to judge, because it was simply impossible to keep up with what was going on. Texas Killing Fields had a real life story to play on, but too many good ideas for it's own good. The producers try to pack in as much as they could into 105 minutes, which wasn't enough time to tell the story, and left the audience scratching it's heads.

ZULFIQAR RAJA It surprises me as to how many quality films end up with poor ratings on IMDb. This leads me to think that many people who visit this site do not understand cinema. This serial killer flick based in the fields of Texas feature strong performances, tense direction and an atmosphere you could cut with a knife. There are shades of great serial killer movies like 'Seven' and 'Zodiac' but what makes this so impressive is that it has been directed by a lady. It's a hard movie which is uncompromising and successfully manages to get into the head of the viewer. There are a few scenes so brilliantly acted, I watched them again a few times. The film fuses the Texan culture into the movie and characters so well with the violence more disturbing then gruesome. This is a movie for those true admirers of cinema and not just popcorn loving buffs who are overloading themselves with too much rubbish.