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Texas Killing Fields

- No one is safe.

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 Date : 2011-10-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anchor Bay EntertainmentBlue LightHanson Watley EntertainmentInfinity MediaGideon ProductionsQED International

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mike Souder

Original Name : Sam Worthington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brian Heigh

Original Name : Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pam Stall

Original Name : Jessica Chastain

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little Ann Sliger

Original Name : Chloë Grace Moretz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rule

Original Name : Jason Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gwen Heigh

Original Name : Annabeth Gish

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lucie Sliger

Original Name : Sheryl Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rhino

Original Name : Stephen Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shauna Kittredge

Original Name : Corie Berkemeyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : White Kid

Original Name : Trenton Perez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Canine Officer

Original Name : Wayne Ferrara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carla Romer

Original Name : Kerry Cahill

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Kittredge

Original Name : Maureen Brennan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Bender

Original Name : Tony Bentley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neighbor

Original Name : Becky Fly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eugene

Original Name : James Landry Hébert

Gender : Male

Character Name : DPS Officer

Original Name : John Neisler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Worm

Original Name : Deneen Tyler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheila

Original Name : Samantha Beaulieu

Gender : Female

Character Name : Congregation 1

Original Name : Kelvin Payton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Congregation 2

Original Name : Ron Flagge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Levon

Original Name : Jon Eyez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uniformed Cop

Original Name : Joseph Meissner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foreman

Original Name : Russell M. Haeuser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salter

Original Name : Joe Chrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uniformed Officer 1

Original Name : Tom Druilhet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jump Rope Girl

Original Name : Tatelyn Galentine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Riba

Original Name : Donna DuPlantier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shelter Girl 1

Original Name : Jade Radford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shelter Girl 2

Original Name : Cassidy Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lila

Original Name : Leanne Cochran

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lila's Daughter

Original Name : Leah Elizabeth Sanchez

Gender : Female

Character Name : 911 Operator

Original Name : Jen Kober

Gender : Female

Character Name : 911 Supervisor

Original Name : Ryan Reinike

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Lyle Brocato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boyfriend

Original Name : Kirk Bovill

Gender : Male

Character Name : 7-Eleven Cashier

Original Name : Jason Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Haddie

Original Name : Lenore Banks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elizabeth Heigh

Original Name : Coryn Elizabeth Cunningham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Billy Heigh

Original Name : Sean Michael Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim Heigh

Original Name : Seth William Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Boy

Original Name : Brayden Turner-Iuso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl at Vigil

Original Name : Anastasia Boissier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Constable Rankin

Original Name : Doc Whitney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flannel Shirt Poacher

Original Name : Brian Duffy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poacher 2

Original Name : Tom Proctor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Store Clerk

Original Name : Brittney Diez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Surveillance Detective 1

Original Name : Mark Adam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surveillance Detective 2

Original Name : Johnny Stassi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Operator

Original Name : Jim Chimento

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medic

Original Name : David Pressly

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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