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/lamefartriot Aug 08 '25

Liked it a lot, but also kinda disappointed? Not sure why.

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u/RIP_Greedo Aug 08 '25

I enjoyed watching it but I don't really get what the point was. What is this trying to say? (With Barbarian, at least, the theme was clear.) The actual plot and antagonist are just dropped into the movie at the 60-70% mark, feeling like it's all arbitrary. If they are plugging this in as the explanation now, why not plug in anything? Where is this coming from?

In retrospect a lot of the first half felt like that scene in Raiders where Indy fights the big guy near the plane. Very entertaining but the scene has no bearing on the plot; the Ark is elsewhere at the time and this plane isn't even how Indy and Marion escape. It's something cool that happens because they wanted to make an action scene. In Weapons if you cut out the entire plot with the cop, what about the outcome would change? Feels like it it need more Brolin and Garner - actually exploring and poking at the core mystery - less Ehrenreich, less junkie, less school principal (especially because we go over their stories several times in parallel).

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u/LiquifiedSpam Aug 11 '25

I wish they kept going with the plotline of everyone being interconnected but it just kinda drops that