best film about KHMER ROUGE

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2005)

I wish I had seen this movie before going to Cambodia and visiting the Killing Fields last summer. Without a doubt, the movie is one of the most powerful masterpieces I have ever known and seen.
For me, the movie is not just a product made in Hollywood, it is the history. Every single scene is so real that I couldn't help myself shivering with fear. It reveals the most brutal aspect of Khmer Rouge: like killing millions of civilians in the most barbarian way. To save bullets, Khmer Rouge made people half knee on the side of a very big hole and they simply chopped off people's heads mercilessly. The big hole then became a mass grave. When I came to the Killing Fields near Phnom Penh, there were still several mass graves which are so big. It is said that at least more than 150 were in each grave. The things I learned from Cambodia make me much believe the movie.
One thing i like in the movie is that it tells the truth about Khmer Rouge cadres. They were all children  who had been very transparent before being trained into butchers. Phran made such a great escape for life.
The film was produced in the year i was born. I heard of The Killing Fields so much but not until at the age of 21, i eventually saw it. I read about Khmer Rough, setting my feet on the ground which used to be grave, but not until seeing the film feel that "crazy" atmosphere stronger than ever.
One of my regrets is that I failed to see the Cambodian map made of skeletons. So bad! This movie is rated 10 out of 10 despite the fact that it was shot in Thailand instead of Cambodia because of the Khmer Rouge itself!