Texas Killing Fields


Texas Killing Fields

Overview:

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

Votes 132 (5.6/10)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Release Date 2011-10-14

Revenue: $957,240.00

Tagline: No one is safe.

Production company:

  • Forward Pass
  • Anchor Bay Films
  • Block / Hanson
  • Watley Entertainment
  • Gideon Productions
  • QED International
  • Blue Light

Production country:

  • United States of America

Genres:

  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Mystery

Trailer

Further Information

Mike Souder
Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington
Pam Stall
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain
Little Ann Sliger
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz
Brian Heigh
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Rhino
Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham
Gwen Heigh
Annabeth Gish
Annabeth Gish
Lucie Sliger
Sheryl Lee
Sheryl Lee
Shauna Kittredge
Corie Berkemeyer
Corie Berkemeyer
White Kid
Trenton Perez
Trenton Perez
Rule
Jason Clarke
Jason Clarke
Canine Officer
Wayne Ferrara
Wayne Ferrara
Producer
Michael Mann
Michael Mann
Casting
Bonnie Timmermann
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Kerry Barden
Kerry Barden
Executive Producer
Michael Ohoven
Michael Ohoven
Director of Photography
Stuart Dryburgh
Stuart Dryburgh
Production Design
Aran Mann
Aran Mann
Casting
Paul Schnee
Paul Schnee
Executive Producer
Justin Thomson
Justin Thomson
Executive Producer
Paul Hanson
Paul Hanson
Producer
Michael Jaffe
Michael Jaffe
Costume Design
Christopher Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence
Original Music Composer
Dickon Hinchliffe
Dickon Hinchliffe
Set Decoration
Leonard R. Spears
Leonard R. Spears
Executive Producer
Bill Block
Bill Block
Art Direction
Jonah Markowitz
Jonah Markowitz
Writer
Don Ferrarone
Don Ferrarone
Scenario Writer
Don Ferrarone
Don Ferrarone
Director
Ami Canaan Mann
Ami Canaan Mann
Makeup Department Head
Stacy Kelly
Stacy Kelly
Still Photographer
Gusmano Cesaretti
Gusmano Cesaretti
Executive Producer
A. John A. Bryan Jr.
A. John A. Bryan Jr.
Executive Producer
Ethan Smith
Ethan Smith
Script Supervisor
Diane H. Newman
Diane H. Newman
Casting
Tracy Kilpatrick
Tracy Kilpatrick
Casting Associate
Allison Estrin
Allison Estrin
Construction Coordinator
Chuck Stringer
Chuck Stringer
Art Department Coordinator
Carl Counts
Carl Counts
Costume Supervisor
Janet Ingram
Janet Ingram
First Assistant Camera
P.K. Munson
P.K. Munson
Special Effects Coordinator
David K. Nami
David K. Nami
Key Hair Stylist
Yolanda Mercadel
Yolanda Mercadel
Additional Photography
Duane Manwiller
Duane Manwiller
Set Costumer
Frank Avanzo
Frank Avanzo
Camera Operator
Gary Jay
Gary Jay
Costume Supervisor
Alison Parker
Alison Parker
Makeup Artist
Paige Reeves
Paige Reeves
Property Master
Cynthia Nibler
Cynthia Nibler
Rigging Gaffer
Kevin Gazdik
Kevin Gazdik
Steadicam Operator
Jim McConkey
Jim McConkey
Set Costumer
Megan Coates
Megan Coates
Seamstress
Mary Ann Waterstradt
Mary Ann Waterstradt
Helicopter Camera
Steve Cassidy
Steve Cassidy
First Assistant Camera
Peter D. Roome
Peter D. Roome
Rigging Grip
Rell Putt
Rell Putt
Lighting Technician
Greg Addison
Greg Addison
Stunts
Scheryl W Brown
Scheryl W Brown

John Chard

This place is nothing but chaos. Your God doesn’t even come here. Texas Killing Fields is directed by Ami Canaan Mann and written by Don Ferrarone. It stars Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish and Stephen Graham. Music is by Dickon Hinchliffe and cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh. Film is based around real events involving the many murders of women whose bodies have been found in a desolate area of road and wasteland between Houston and Galveston. Ami Canaan Mann is the daughter of Michael Mann, one of the masters of modern day crime story movies, so it’s not very surprising to see Ami, for her sophomore production, venture into murky waters. Texas Killing Fields is a bayou noir, where although the title hints at human devastation unbound, it’s actually a slow burning skin itcher more concerned with the people investigating crime than that of the perpetrators. How the sorry events affect all who come in to contact with the crimes at the film’s core, is what drives Texas Killing Fields on. Sadly the screenplay takes on board too much and nearly derails an otherwise very good movie. If it comes down to atmosphere and technical smarts in achieving such? Then this is one of the finest of recent times. There’s a constant sense of broody foreboding throughout, the haunting landscapes are all gnarly and spectre like, the whole area literally stinks of death and misery. Even when the story is away from the fields of the title, there’s a mood of despair filtering out from Mann and Dryburgh’s lenses, the hot Texas weather draining every ounce of sweat from the emotionally troubled detectives. All of the atmosphere is helped considerably by Hinchliffe’s music, which piggybacks the misery with ominous bluesy tones. Unfortunately all this deft atmospheric craft can’t stop the screenplay from being annoying. A sub-plot involving Worthington and Chastain as ex husband and wife is as pointless as it gets, which simultaneously wastes Chastain in the process. The makers have chosen to actually have suspects front and centre for the crimes on screen (unlike the real life cases, most of which remain unsolved), well they intend to keep it mysterious, but anyone paying attention will catch on quickly enough. There’s also problems with the sound mix, which at times is appalling, rendering some crucial dialogue exchanges as inaudible. Cast are good, especially Morgan and Moretz, and Mann shows a good hand at action sequences to compliment her astute mood setting skills. But this still feels like a misfire, and subsequent critical appraisals and internet rating systems have it as just above average. That’s a little unfair, there’s much for the neo-noir/crime movie crowd to get enthralled by here, but Mann may need to sharpen up her story telling whiles to fully bloom her undoubted potential. 6.5/10

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