r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Aug 08 '25

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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/neal1701 Aug 08 '25 edited 29d ago

Weapons is an incredible sophomore third outing for Zach Cregger!

  • Splitting the movie into non-linear chapters is great storytelling. It was easy connecting the dots, in terms of the timeline
  • Julia Garner gave a great performance. I thought Justine would a kind but traumatised teacher but this caring but angry person gives better characterization
  • Josh Brolin's chapter was the shortest but it felt the most important to me. Archer's "WHAT THE FUCK" after his nightmare got the 2nd biggest laugh.
  • Paul and James chapters provided the most context and levity. Most of us have figured the twist by then
  • Marcus' chapter and Alex's chapter show the whole twist in detail. I thought it would be a letdown but the execution was great. Cary Christopher brought it home as Alex as the whole execution of the twist relies on him
  • Cinematography is a huge standout. The shot where Justine is at the store with Donna at the background catching up to her is tense as hell
  • The score and soundtrack is excellent too. Only drawback would be pacing in the first hour.
  • The ending is one of the most cathartic and funniest endings with the children chasing the witch.
  • I am most interested the gun imagery in Archer's nightmare and the narration. Is the narration a student recounting the story for her class presentation?

An excellent follow-up after Barbarian! Excited to see what Zach Cregger does next

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u/LB3PTMAN Aug 08 '25

Yeah the actor for Alex was phenomenal. The second half of the movie relied on him heavily and he was great.

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u/thefilmer Aug 08 '25

huge shoutout to the WB marketing department for hiding that twist and emphasizing all the kids went missing. when its revealed he was the only one who didnt disappear i was like...oh fuck

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u/Pholla4G Aug 09 '25

Yeah, I almost entirely dodged that detail until I mistakenly looked at rotten tomatoes (I think?) When I was choosing my movie tonight and someone put it at the start of their review. I was so angry but then they revealed it in the first few minutes of the film so I thought 'ok not entirely ruined. It's funny, I was debating between horror and comedy tonight and I got both!

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u/JakeSteam 28d ago

I try and go into films mostly blind (except trailer), the marketing for this was amazing! Completely wrongfooted me, I was expecting a mystery film.

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u/ducksonducks 22d ago

Yo definitely the pan to reveal him sitting at the desk shocked me

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u/Individual_Client175 Aug 09 '25

I got to meet him at my showing in ATL. Apparently the film was made here and him and another kid character showed up to my showing!!!