Joshua (Ron Melendez) and his little brother Eli (Daniel Cerny) are fostered by the Porters in Chicago after their father (Duke Stroud) is murdered by corn. Joshua attempts to assimilate, making friends with the neighbors, trying to get along at school, but Eli resists. Mrs. Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn) discovers that Eli has been sneaking off to the abandoned factory next door to tend his corn.
I cannot overstate how absolutely shitty this movie is. Everything about it is awful. The dialogue is bad, the acting is wooden, the plot makes zero sense, it's weirdly racist and misogynist despite having a predominantly Black cast (eau de White Savior sprayed all over), and the special effects are laughable. The only reason to watch it is if you are a die-hard completionist. There is a small cameo from a baby-faced Charlize Theron near the end (one of the crowd scenes) but that is absolutely not an endorsement to watch. Everyone has to start somewhere.
It's currently streaming on (sigh) Max with all the other Children of the Corn movies. Maybe 4 is better? I have no idea.
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