Killing Fields

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 26
  3. Negative: 7 out of 26
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  1. shoulderoforion
    Jan 19, 2016
    0
    Couldn't make it through 20 minutes of this god awful show, the main protagonist is a cop you want to wipe off the bottom of your shoe, and he's supposed to be the hero/good guy. 59? Those people must have gotten a junket to New Orleans with hookers & coke to rate this like that.
  2. yanqitpleaz
    Feb 9, 2017
    2
    This show started off pretty well with the unsolved cold case murder of Eugenie. It starts to get pretty bad when they keep repeating scenes 2 or three times. That's because these Yokel Cops are so incompetent and don't do very much of anything. I doubt if these guys EVER arrested and got convictions of ANYBODY. I'm midway into season two and there is 3 cold case murders. They know whoThis show started off pretty well with the unsolved cold case murder of Eugenie. It starts to get pretty bad when they keep repeating scenes 2 or three times. That's because these Yokel Cops are so incompetent and don't do very much of anything. I doubt if these guys EVER arrested and got convictions of ANYBODY. I'm midway into season two and there is 3 cold case murders. They know who the murderer is,but they sure don't know anything about real police work and arresting the suspects.The only thing that seems real is Rhodie's guilt in not being able to solve the murders, and his getting drunk every night and feeling sorry for his sorry ass.. If they just fired everybody and hired some REAL police officers they just might get some justice.… Expand
  3. turbo15479
    Feb 22, 2018
    1
    This is the most worthless show on tv after Oprah and Ellen. The over the hill police are always shown with a drink or a bottle of beer. That really make me confident of their capability. On the new Killing Fields the retired cop almost dropped his beer when he claims is is now looking at the picture of the man who killed Carrie. Wrong you are looking at a composite that may or may not beThis is the most worthless show on tv after Oprah and Ellen. The over the hill police are always shown with a drink or a bottle of beer. That really make me confident of their capability. On the new Killing Fields the retired cop almost dropped his beer when he claims is is now looking at the picture of the man who killed Carrie. Wrong you are looking at a composite that may or may not be close to the real person. You already had one wrong person identified. In the case of Big Johnny it just shows how the case was not handled correctly the first time around as it was simple to solve. Also saying how nice Big Johnny was is a joke. A nice person does not sleep with his son's wife. I gave it a chance but will never watch this garbage again. if I want to laugh I will watch a comedian.… Expand

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Jan 5, 2016
    40
    Killing Fields certainly didn't create this [reality TV] environment, but it does exist in it, albeit clumsily. Yes, these are real people, but so much of it feels phony.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Lenika Cruz
    Jan 5, 2016
    50
    The people are real, the case is real, the place is real, and yet Killing Fields has the veneer of fiction to it--partly due to the natural tendency of human beings to view themselves as characters in their own stories, but also due to some unfortunately heavy-handed production choices.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 5, 2016
    60
    The setting is exotic, and the characters are colorful in ordinary, workaday ways. The series' one real failing is that it doesn't completely trust them to carry the drama, laying on the high-volume audiovisual tics and tricks of reality television to remind us to be interested and excited. And yet it's the smaller, unvarnished, passing moments that sell the show--where its particular poetry, and even its comedy, can be found.
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