Review of The Killing Fields (1984) by Anders N — 03 Mar 2008

Beautiful filming, powerful... great movie!

This review of The Killing Fields (1984) was written by Anders N on 03 Mar 2008.

The Killing Fields has generally received very positive reviews.

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