WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

crownofsprats First, let's give a slow golf clap for the quality of sound design - some fine atmospheric synthwork by the auteur here. Totally wasted on this garbage barge, of course...in fact, it would have been way cooler if it was created just to be blasted forth from a lone speaker on some Staten Island garbage barge (as part of an avant-garde art installation with live webcam of seagulls and other birds interacting with the sonic space imposed on them by the incomprehensible forces of modernity and chaos, or something). Let's just say for the sake of argument that the little exposition provided as to how the kids turned evil is enough to let you fill in your own blanks. Psionic demon rays? Outbreak of a sentient fungus? The island was secretly a pedo resort and all the adults had it coming? (Honestly, this last one would explain why the dude spent the first ten minutes of the film trying REALLY HARD to take his very pregnant wife to this stupid place, which is apparently only accessibly by taking a local's fishboat out to a tiny dot in the sea, and giving the weird fisherman a "deposit" of two grand to borrow it.) Whatever, let's just get to the killer kids. Because heck, let's admit that the real reason we're all here not for the island scenery but to watch these tourist goobers duke it out with a bunch of murderous rug- brats, all armed to the (milk) teeth with a variety of household and garden implements. Maybe the evil kids have glowing eyes or weird discolored teeth. Hopefully they talk in unison. If the leads are likable enough, there's supposed to be some character hardening before they embrace their transgressively violent and absurd destiny and start dishing out some permanent detention. If they're unlikable people, then they spend an hour or so blundering around from one bad decision to the next before being murdered in some grisly and creative fashion, and then the adorable kids do adorable kid things with their entrails, eyeballs, severed limbs, etc. But this is where the film really earns its two-star rating. Even though the leads were completely unlikable (both as characters and as actors) and contributed their share to ruining this film, the blame falls squarely on Makinov for turning an otherwise totally workable formula into a plodding and aimless waste of time. Any suspense built by the soundtrack (and the half-decent camera-work) is quickly deflated. The two leads stumble around the island for over an hour without a single good, funny, or otherwise noteworthy line of dialogue between them. The wife's pregnancy is as arbitrary as their decision to go to this stupid island, and their whole dynamic had a weird sexist overtone to it. The kids fared only a little better - but at least they got to wallow around in some gore and act mildly cryptic, even though none of it means a thing and serves no purpose. Perhaps Makinov has some weird "preteen girls playing with gore" fetish, and that was the sole point of making this film..."pedo island" indeed.Even the title is ultimately meaningless. Certainly none of the kids ever chant it (in unison!) as they advance towards the frightened couple, clad in weird outfits, torches in pudgy little hands. That's what I would have liked to see in a film of this subgenre with that title. And they do none of that! So really, Makinov, what's the point even?Get a better writer, Makinov. Like, someone other than Makinov, you knowkinov?

Samuel W Connelly (SamTheWriter) Shot off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan on the small island of Holbox (which creepy enough means 'Black Hole' in Yucatec Maya) it was perfect for Makinov's film as the population isn't over 500 and it's mostly all kids. There's virtually no vehicles on the small island, ran by children, because vehicles are not allowed entrance at all. This calls for a horror film to be shot there, right?Come Out and Play is a remake of the 1976 Spanish cult, "Who Can Kill a Child?" and Makinov answers that question in his film with a resounding "I can, and I can kill a bunch of them!" The story follows an American couple, Francis (played by Ebon Moss- Bachrach) and his pregnant wife, Beth (Vinessa Shaw) who are on a vacation (to work on things in their marriage) at Mexico's famous street festival, Carnival. Francis (Bachrach) rents a boat from a local fisherman to take his wife on an overnight excursion on the island. When they arrive they're greeted by kids playing on the dock. As the couple walk into the little town they quickly realize how quiet and void of any adults the town is. With the empty white sand streets of the village town and the bizarre 70's science fiction-zombie music playing throughout the whole film the director successfully creates an atmosphere of solitude and strangeness. As the couple decided to head further into town to find the adults they come upon a little girl hitting an elder man with his cane. Not long after, Francis witnesses the old man being drug through the street into a yard where a horde of laughing children with rocks and knives wait. That's when the film begins the pick up the pace, culminating into a 'do anything to survive the night' gory horror. Although 'Come Out and Play' is being compared to other 'crazy kids killing adults' films like 'Children of the Corn'(1984), 'The Brood'(1979) and 'Village of the Damned'(1995) (as it should be) the director takes a horrific story idea that has been done several times, and brings it back to life in a creatively artistic fashion.The 35 year old actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Francis), who looks amazingly like country singer, Blake Shelton (judge on the, The Voice), is the real driving force behind the heart-investment viewers will give to this film. As the husband (Francis) who feels a responsibility for putting his pregnant wife in this horrible nightmare, and the urgency to do anything he can to save her, Bachrach plays his role strongly. Although Bachrach's not a name too many people know yet as he usually plays 'the person of interest' or 'the friend of a friend', some of his work includes: 'The Lake House' (2006) where he played Henry Wyler, Craig Young in the television show 'Rubicon', and Nick Salenger in 'Damages'. I have a feeling that after his performance in 'Come Out and Play', we'll see more of him.For a director (Makinov) who had never worked with actors before, was responsible for directing, producing, editing, doing all the camera work, and on top of it never took his mask off (according to an interview with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Makinov even spent some full days directing from inside a refrigerator and only ate food in stick form because it fit through the mouth-hole of his mask), I'd say "Well done". Over all, I really enjoyed Makinov's re-imagination of the original 'Who Can Kill A Child?' It is really gory at times, and I found myself watching some scenes through the safety of my hand over my eyes. There are a few questions the story leaves unanswered like; what happened to the children in the first place?, why did the young couple choose to go deeper into the creepy adult-free town once they realized no one was running the stores or hotels?, and screw gas, why didn't they get back in their boat and head towards Mexico which would've been better than staying the night on an evil island running rampant with kids who want to kill you? Out of a rating of 1 - 10 I give 'Come Out and Play'a strong 7.

FlashCallahan Beth and Francis, a young married couple, are on holiday when they venture to a beautiful, but highly remote, island. Beth is pregnant and the two are hoping to enjoy their last vacation before their baby is born. When they arrive, they notice that while there are plenty of children present, the adults all seem to be missing. Initially attributing this to the after effects of a recent festival, they quickly realise something far more sinister.....Come and play, or Children Of The Corn take a holiday, isn't all that bad, it just struggles With the lack of talent from the adult cast.They aren't convincing as a couple in peril, and their (his) decisions are pretty stupid ones, like for example, lets hole ourselves up in a cell, or lets stop driving after two minutes, because the children would never follow.The children on the other hand as chilling, like a strange hybrid of Zombie and rabid dog. The explanation as of why the children are like this is a little convoluted, but you can almost forgive its shortcomings, and the ending, which you can see coming a mile off.Its not a complete failure, there are some unsettling moments, but its forgettable stuff.

RMS1949 What a waste of time and money to remake a film exactly like the first one..!!! Especially when the original wasn't even exactly a big hit... duh .. If you had planned on expanding, adding or enhancing it,,then yes otherwise what was the point ?The two main leads like the original were basically brain dead from the start. Nothing they did or came up with made any sense. And to add they were not even likable.. The premise that a pregnant woman can not exert some energy without endangering the child is also ancient crap... I know pregnant women that jog, exercise, dance and work right up to the 9th month..Only reason I gave this steaming pile of manure a 2 instead of a 1 was the island scenery made me feel warm on a cold day...