Creepy Concept, Lackluster Story: A Movie Review of “Come Play”
"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.

A 13-year-old kid starts a journey along the Venezuelan coast and, in order to survive, he captivates people by constantly reinventing his own story in the mudslide. His true past, however, will gradually become clearer. Ten years ago the mudslide took his mother, now he thinks he can find her. He has a difficult road ahead of him, but there is also a world yet to be discovered.
"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.
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