Review of The Killing Fields (1984) by Gareth M — 03 Aug 2010
An interesting film, about the relation of two men worlds apart, who by circumstance live and bond together up to and until breaking point.
It really is a topical political film of it time recording the change of cambodia from civilised to revolutional anarchy caused by Pol Pot and the Kymer Rouge. Typically anti America, and anti Nixon specifically. This can be a bit drab, and plodding but clearly illustrated the togetherness of alien friends living and working together for the sake of their freedoms and lives.
The film is sporadically nasty, or difficult to watch with the odd execution here and there, but bizarrely you hardly notice this. It is slightly disappointing that the actual killing fields dont appear until the last half hour, carefully pinning down the pointlessness and hopelessness of it all, until its becomes a adventure movie.
The ending is very smalzy, but worthwhile, and also very good.
The electronic soundtrack, clearly a new toy in the early 80's is truely truely awful.
This review of The Killing Fields (1984) was written by Gareth M on 03 Aug 2010.
The Killing Fields has generally received very positive reviews.
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