The Killing Fields

A good movie that potentially could have been even better which Dr Ngor's book certainly is. For a country that more than thrived the far greater challenges and sacrifice of WWI & II , the VN war although an unfortunate mistake was, relatively speaking, a minor affair for the US. Although a small tragedy for us it was a terrible tragedy for the VN civilians and spawned the brutal ignorance of the Kemer Rouge in Cambodia devoted to an already completely discredited Maoist theory (that similarly resulted in mass murders and widespread starvation in China) of purifying the population thru rural labor while ridiculing education and attainment of professionalism. The VN war and its destructive consequences reverberated for nearly 2 additional decades across Indochina while the vast majority in self-centered US turned away with zero regard for the incredible suffering and mass atrocities. But now there is peace which is wonderful to see if you visit there. And after the killing deprivation and fear and anxiety subsided love again took hold so that the populations have nearly doubled which provided the foundation for their economic resurrection. But although the foliage has recovered the wildlife (from warfare, defoliants, and foraging by millions of starving people) essentially disappeared so the lush jungles are eerily almost silent the animals where they exist turned to complete silence for their survival in meager numbers.

Phrases such as “liberal zombies,” and “the inherent evil of communism” are a couple of the best of the ridiculous people who come to the review section of a movie to push their political agenda. My absolute favorite, though, was one individual who stated that “the extent of the US bombing in Cambodia may never be known, but I’m ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN it was not as bad as the movie portrays.” Thank you, kind person. Because your absolute certainty on the issue has forever changed my viewpoint on the truth surrounding the event. In all honesty, it’s a reasonably good movie, but I wouldn’t call it great.

A NY Times story turned into a movie about the Vietnam War and making our miliatry and Nixon look bad? I don't think I'm going to like how this ends. I'm way more nervous about liberal zombies than anything Nixon did. Save the lies for someone else.

This movie is extremely powerful, and frankly, really well done. This ranks as one of the top three best and most powerful movies I have ever seen, period.

Ok so I bought this movie for $17.99 expecting to view the movie in HD, what a crock of $#|+, u can actually see the lil dots on the screen and it's not even clear, I bought movies older than this and it's more clearer. The only reason I give it 2 stars is because I really like this movie, but come on iTunes, don't sell a movie and say it's in HD when it actually isn't

The Khmer Rouge regime, under the leadership of madman Pol Pot, was one of the most brutal in history. It is estimated that they killed close to 2,000,000 of their own citizens…about 1/4 of the entire population of Cambodia. They brutally tortured an estimated 17,000 - 20,000 men, women, and children at the infamous Tuol Sleng "S-21" prison in Phnom Penh alone. This torture was deliberately made to last from two to three months in each victim's case before that person was taken to the nearby "killing fields" at a place named Choeung Ek and beaten to death with blunt objects. That torture involved electric shock, beatings, blow torches, medical experiments, cutting instruments, whipping, etc. So many were killed and buried at Choeung Ek that to this day heavy rains still float up bone fragments, teeth, and scraps of clothing. Did these liberal film makers take the opportunity that this film created to indict Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and their communist beliefs? No. They basically let Pol Pot and his killers off the hook and instead took the opportunity to indict the United States and Richard Nixon with some never-really-defined suggestion that Nixon's "secret" bombings somehow caused all this. For example, when Sam Waterston's character was asked if he underestimated the madness of the Khmer Rouge regime he shot back by saying everybody else underestimated the "madness" that $7,000,000,000 of (US) bombing created. I don't believe there has ever been a really fair and accurate accounting of how extensive the US bombing in Cambodia was but I do not believe that it was nearly what the movie portrays it to be. Furthermore, there is no mention of how the US bombing in Cambodia was directed toward the Vietnamese who had marched into Cambodia and who were using that country as a staging point for their brutal invasion of South Vietnam…an injustice against which the US was fighting. So the underlying premise of this movie is just more liberal ant-American propaganda based on extremely questionable "facts". How many of today's liberals believe what they believe because of grotesque misrepresentations such as this? Do not forget...Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and the inherent evil of communism was responsible for what Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and the inherent evil of communism did to the Cambodian people.

Brilliant!

The Killing Fields is a movie filled with adventure, uncertainty and tragedy. This tense war drama shows the hardships of true journalism. It shows what the journalists go through to the get the story out to the public. It also shows the unbreakable friendship that can develop while getting the job done. The film creates a compelling reality that make you feel like you are in the story with the journalists.

This is one of the greatest movies of all time. Every time I watch it, it brings me to tears but the ending is so triumphant that it is worth all of the pain.

Ok so i wrote a reasearch paper about the Killing Fields and after i wrote i decided i would check out the movie and let me just say i am SO GLAD i did. This movie really does portray all that went on over there really well and it is sad and horrifying and amazing all at the same time. Really the whole last hour of the movie is the best part but the whole thing is amazing. And that ending scene? It made me tear up and I NEVER cry at movies. This movie was fantastic and I highly recommend it, whether you know everything about the Khmer Rouge or nothing at all.