Will put you to sleep

Rating: 5/10 (22 April 2007)

I know a little about the terrible events that happened in Cambodia and was interested in seeing a movie based on some of those events. Killing Fields evidently was based on a true story. It is about a newspaper journalist, Schanberg, who got caught up in the chaos in Cambodia. He becomes friends with a fellow reporter, Pran, who is Cambodian. Schanberg leaves his friend behind and has some deep regrets.
I felt hesitant criticizing this film, because I seem to be the only one who calls this movie boring and drawn out. I thought the movie sucked. Killing Fields could have easily been shrunken to half it's length. But my biggest complaint was the lack of chemistry between Schanberg and Pran. I really wasn't touched at all. Their "friendship" seemed awful shallow. Pran gives a good performance. But Schanberg's acting was a bomb. Also, I was surprised at how little suspense there was throughout the movie. To me, that's normally a requirement of a good film.