Texas Killing Fields

Plot

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 5.6/10 (3,634 voted)

Critic's Score: 49/100

Director:
Ami Canaan Mann

Stars: Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz

Storyline
Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields'. Though the swampland crime scenes are outside their jurisdiction, Detective Heigh is unable to turn his back on solving the gruesome murders. Despite his partner's warnings, he sets out to investigate the crimes. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When familiar local girl Anne goes missing, the detectives find themselves racing against time to catch the killer and save the young girl's life.

Cast:

Sam Worthington
–

Mike Souder

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
–

Brian Heigh

Chloë Grace Moretz
–

Little Ann Sliger

Corie Berkemeyer
–

Shauna Kittredge

Trenton Perez
–

White Kid

(as Trenton Ryan Perez)

Maureen Brennan
–

Mrs. Kittredge

(as Maureen A. Brennan)

Tony Bentley
–

Captain Bender

Becky Fly
–

Neighbor

Sheryl Lee
–

Lucie Sliger

James Hébert
–

Eugene

Stephen Graham
–

Rhino

Jessica Chastain
–

Pam Stall

John Neisler
–

DPS Officer

Annabeth Gish
–

Gwen Heigh

Deneen Tyler
–

Lady Worm

Taglines:
Once in… There's no way out.

Details

Official Website:
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Release Date: 14 October 2011

Filming Locations: Amite, Louisiana, USA

Opening Weekend: $8,772
(USA)
(16 October 2011)
(3 Screens)

Gross: $45,282
(USA)
(13 November 2011)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 105 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

This film marks the second pairing of Jessica Chastain with Sam Worthington in two films released during same summer of 2011 period.

User Review

Underutilisation of a great cast.

Rating: 6/10


With a great cast list, I jumped at this film with enthusiasm. This was
met with a complete underutilisation of some of my favourite actors.
For what it was Jeffrey Dean Morgan played his limited role well, Sam
Worthing over acted his role making him less convincing and Chloe
Moretz was vastly underused.

The plot is difficult to follow and some scenes seem completely
unnecessary and others feel as though there needs to be more detail.
The story overall suffers from a lack of telling and too much showing.
The main plot itself was rather predicable and ultimately let me
shaking my head in disapproval. Putting this aside there were some
parts of the film that made it interesting and the overall story was
good in premise.

I suppose I don't want to hate this film, because it has so much
potential. It left me feeling disappointed, but as a point of reference
of something done badly that could be brilliant, this is the perfect
case.