Review of Texas Killing Fields (2011) by Sagaciousfrank . — 20 Nov 2016
A strange one, this film. It's reasonably well shot and acted, and there's some half decent music. There's an array of fairly well know and competent cast, but the script and story fail to engage.
The potential bad guys, and the actual bad guys, when revealed, are barely given any screen time. In fact the good guys and victims, who are given plenty of screen time, are poorly developed. We hardly get to know any of the characters in this film, either through speech or action. It's as if they're there, but also not there at the same time.
The pace is slow with no real build up or pay off, a constant plateau from beginning to end, as if it never gets out of first gear, leaving the entire experience feeling empty and wasted. It is the epitome of underplaying and understating your narrative and protagonists to the point that no one cares. Even the cast look bored by it all.
Despite being fairly well produced, it simply fails to engage its audience like a compelling mystery crime thriller is supposed to do. 2.5/5.
This review of Texas Killing Fields (2011) was written by Sagaciousfrank . on 20 Nov 2016.
Texas Killing Fields has generally received mixed reviews.
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