&lt;div class=&quot;track&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/19627?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=Texas+Killing+Fields+*+review%3AArticle%3A1646891&amp;ch=Film&amp;c3=Guardian&amp;c4=Jessica+Chastain+%28Film%29%2CThriller+%28Film+genre%29%2CCrime+%28Film+genre%29%2CFilm%2CCulture&amp;c5=Unclassified%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CFilm+Reviews&amp;c6=Cath+Clarke&amp;c7=11-Oct-13&amp;c8=1646891&amp;c9=Article&amp;c10=Review&amp;c11=Film&amp;c13=&amp;c25=&amp;c30=content&amp;h2=GU%2FFilm%2FJessica+Chastain&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;standfirst&quot;&gt;There&#039;s a noirish moodiness to this Texas-set thriller, but director Ami Canaan Mann doesn&#039;t make the most of her high-profile actors&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Forget about murder: this moody cop thriller is guilty of a more heinous offence &ndash; criminal negligence of its dream-team cast. Michael Mann produces daughter Ami Canaan Mann&#039;s second feature, with Sam Worthington as a tough Texas detective. He&#039;s investigating the murder of a teenage prostitute while his ex-wife (Jessica Chastain), a cop in the next county, is stumped by the disappearance of another girl. Mann Jr effectively evokes an eerie, chilling, tension: the landscape all parched backwoods and murderous intent, knotted trees that might once have oozed blood red. But the story goes nowhere, and her actors default to a soulful noirish brooding, suggestive of tempestuous inner lives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;rating&quot;&gt;Rating: 2/5&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;related&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/jessica-chastain&quot;&gt;Jessica Chastain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/thriller&quot;&gt;Thriller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/crime&quot;&gt;Crime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/cathclarke&quot;&gt;Cath Clarke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;terms&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk&quot;&gt;guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &amp;copy; 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html&quot;&gt;Terms &amp; Conditions&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds&quot;&gt;More Feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;