Come Out and Play (2012)

Why so much hype?

So much average

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Writer & director Makinov's homicidal horror chiller "Come Out and Play" poses a provocative premise: who would willingly harm a child? Makinov has fashioned a taut tale that leaves most of its chilling narrative about murderous children who wipe out all the adults of village on a remote island to your imagination. The eerie action is presented from the perspective of two carefree tourists on the island--pregnant Beth (Vinessa Shaw of "3:10 to Yuma") and Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach of "Stealth"), who comes to have a good time. Little do they expect the nightmare that awaits them. Based on Juan José Plans' novel, "Come Out and Play" qualifies as a well-made, calculated, melodramatic exercise in suspense comparable to the cinematic "Children of the Corn" franchise. Makinov brings the tension gradually to a boil as the film unfolds, and we see nothing alarming during the first 30 minutes as our hero and heroine become accustomed to their new surroundings. Afterward, they learn to their horror that the apparently harmless children are hopelessly homicidal, and these urchins have taken control over the village. Although "Come Out and Play" contains its share of devastating moments with children slaughtering adults, Makinov skillfully lensed those scenes so the children appear in cutaways rather than in the thick of the action. The final showdown on the pier as Francis repels their overwhelming numbers is truly good. He fights back unlike all the other doomed residents, and Francis doesn't pull punches as he disposes these kids with brutal passion. The highly ironic ending is something to be seen and savored. Indeed, "Come Out and Play" resembles the ending to the original "Night of the Living Dead" when the last survivor died at the hands of hunters shooting zombies on sight and mistaking the hero as a zombie. The people who gun down Francis are vaguely the equivalent of the Coast Guard, but they aren't prepared for what happens to them once that they have come to the rescue of the kids. Ultimately, "Come Out and Play" is one of those horror movies where evil is not thwarted.

This is one of those movies that from the beginning you wonder what is the point. First of all the husband character is one of those guys that seemingly want to impress his wife with his "I'm a man" abilities. He acts like a man who is trying to impress a new paramour.The woman, OMG, his wife set womanhood back a hundred years. She is unlikable. AT one point he leaves her and tells her. I will be right back. If you see anyone just scream. Oh yeah that will help. The man, OMG, he's one of those foreigners that go to another country and think because he can speak the language he's a native. He rudely insinuates himself through the entire movie. Everywhere he goes he makes himself at home before they are invited to do so. As most American stupidly do.Secondly, I don't understand why this island was so important for him to visit. Had he been there before? Heard about it from a friend? Also, when you go to an island that already is unfriendly with the kid fishing when continue into an empty city, doing things as if nothing is wrong when obviously nothing is right so far? You've seen nothing but 2 kids. You stole from a restaurant and no one comes out to collect your money. You get what you want out of a grocers and no one stops you. You go to a hotel and go behind the desk and no one comes out and tell you don't to do that or a "Excuse me butt hole, but you can't do that. You walk into people home and go through their stuff. If anyone was alive he would have been dead within the first 10 minutes of snooping.Monotonous. Is a good word for this film and another good thing about this film is every man and woman should see it before having children.

Last night I saw and it was totally unexpectedly great presentation of Horror "Genre". Simple yet great, Acting was superb, From the start until the end you don't wanna skip any single second. There wasn't many characters in this movie as you saw mention above, but those who aren't mention were great as well and they are lots of them. I know my Review don't say much,it isn't deep enough about the movie but what can I say, I like to review as short as simple as I can, but worth reading and easily understandable. As a Horror movies fan I definitely recommend this movie to all Horror fan. Quite honestly I don't wanna see another sequel of this movie because most of the good horror movies sequel are disaster "Example" Silent Hill Part 1 was Great but Part 2 was disaster another movie Resident Evil Part 1 was Great and all other Parts were disaster, Sure they made good fortune but as a Horror fan they were all ridicules. I guess you all got my point. 7.5 I rate this movie.

When I saw that "Who Can Kill a Child?" was re filmed, I was optimistic. Despite its flaws, the 1976 movie was a chilling tale full of opportunity for a well made remake in the hands of a good director. Well, Makinov instead of trying to add something new, repeat the movie almost frame by frame. While he seems to be a good director, the kids in this movie are way less spooky than the older one, and the violence is way more edited, you barely see something. While the lead actor does a good job, the end is less meaningful because the kids are not that cool and the kills are way too boring. You don't see a damn thing. A great opportunity to do something new was wasted, but I hope that Makinov (a creepy guy with a red mask) does better movies in the future. He does have good hand, he just need risk a little more.