Texas Killing Fields
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Metascore
49 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call "The Killings Fields". (Anchor Bay Entertainment)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    Oct 16, 2011
    70
    Applying Dad's directorial style of sweaty closeups, prowling telephoto shots and an ominous electronic score (by ex-Tindersticks member Dickon Hinchliffe), the younger Mann has dished out a meaty drama with familiar ingredients from the Law & Order kitchen but a distinctively bitter taste.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Oct 11, 2011
    60
    When it comes to scenes in which characters are asked to say more than two words, however, the filmmaker's a decided amateur; Moretz, in particular, seems hopelessly stranded as the attitudinal wild child.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    Oct 11, 2011
    60
    The plot is a chaos of underdeveloped relationships and frayed loose ends, but every so often, Mann does something so right that it makes this seem less a matter of narrative disorganization than a commentary on the anarchy intrinsic to any investigation.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Oct 14, 2011
    20
    Rote, dull and point-blank obvious.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. dhunter_12
    9
    Does this movie satisfies the requirements of the genre? Yep. The Genre being: Methodical Crime Thriller. The movie is not slow: It takes its time setting up ambiance and characters, and strives for gritty realism. So expect that, and you will find a nice thriller with a wicked story.… Expand
  2. 24fps
    5
    Sloppy and confusing, this movie just didn't know what it wanted to be. Midway through I knew it wasn't going to right itself again and at least in that respect it didn't disappoint.… Expand
  3. Horlan
    4
    While we are watching Texas Killing Fields, our mood keeps changing in a very strange, uncontrollable way. We are bored, interested, bored, surprised, and unfortunately, bored again. Maybe this is the fault of clumsy directing, maybe of annoyingly simplified screenplay... and maybe of both of them.… Expand
  4. asthobaskoro
    2
    Despite it's chase scene and ambush scene. Texas Killing Fields is dead. It suffer uneven pacing, confused script, to many plothole and bad acting from its stellar cast.… Expand

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