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Plot
Beth (Vinessa Shaw) and Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a young married couple, are on holiday together when they venture to a beautiful, but highly remote, island. Beth is pregnant and the ... See full summary »
Release Year: 2012 Rating: 4.8/10 (344 voted) Director: Makinov Storyline
Beth (Vinessa Shaw) and Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a young married couple, are on holiday together 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 realize something far more sinister is afoot. The two will face terror and unsettling difficult decisions in their quest to make it off the island alive. Writers: , Language: , Release Date:
Filming Locations: Quintana Roo, Mexico
Box Office Details
Budget: MXN 12,000,000
(estimated)
User Review
More of the same
Rating: 6/10
Come Out and Play is basically a carbon copy of the original 1976 film
Who Can Kill A Child? It was a lazy remake that didn't even try to
attempt something different with the concept or reinterpret it. The
film is a retread and a missed opportunity to breath new life into the
killer kids subgenre. The film still manages to capture the unsettling
dread, suspense, mysterious and creepy atmosphere and terrifying
helplessness that made the original effective. The musical score was
intense and heart pounding and made you feel like you were watching a
living nightmare captured on celluloid. The elements that made it watch
able is that the premise is still creepy and disturbing and the story
is still effective and shocking. Come Out and Play is in the end though
just another pointless remake with nothing remotely new to show or say.
The performances were solid for the most part but I thought the script
was pretty weak with underdeveloped characters. The two leads were
likable and did their best with little that they were given, but they
just played the typical, token stranded tourists that waited too long
to get the hell out of there. Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Vinessa Shaw play
parents to be Francis and Beth, who take one last vacation before Beth
is due to give birth to their child. They make a trip to a secluded
island and realize too late that all of the adults are missing and the
children left behind. The doomed couple soon discovers that the
children are homicidal maniacs, with no explanation of how they got
that way. We as viewers are just as baffled as the couple and there
wasn't even a hint to how the children got that way. I think the main
stars are talented performers, but are wasted here as the lackluster
script raises more questions than answers.
Director, Makinov pretty much cut and paste here with no inspiration
behind the proceeding. He knows the basics of a horror movie but
weren't inventive with the elements; as a result there wasn't any
moments of surprise because if you've seen the original you know the
outcome. The director brought nothing new to the story.
Overall, it's an uninspired remake that's too faithful to the original
and you might as well just rent the original because it's exactly the
same right down to the ending. Both give effective chills, but there is
no good reason for this remake to exist. Still there are far worse out
there.
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