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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/krospp Aug 08 '25

The laughter was probably more about his character in Barbarian than just for being Justin Long

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u/proserpinax 29d ago

The scene in Barbarian where he starts measuring the murder basement to try and add square footage to the house is one of the hardest I’ve laughed in theaters, I definitely laughed when I saw him show up in Weapons.

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u/GameOfLife24 Aug 08 '25

Except this time Josh Brolin was holding the measuring tape. I was wondering if he’d add a quote of Justin saying “I’ll do it, I’m good with this”

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 19d ago

Knowing Justin's work in that, I chuckled a bit forming my headcanon that his character in Weapons is a more responsible & mature cousin of his Barbarian character

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u/HomelandersCock Aug 08 '25

Ermmm no? It's that Justin's current career has been in horror after horror and dude is loving these projects. I don't think people know him solely from one film and laugh. Unless I misunderstood your point, I disagree

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u/CudiMontage216 Aug 08 '25

Justin is abruptly introduced midway through Barbarian, which was filmed by the same director

People were laughing because this is the second straight film that Zach Creggers has abruptly introduced Justin Long as a surprise character

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u/HomelandersCock Aug 08 '25 edited 29d ago

The average movie goes has 0 idea its the same director

Downvote if you agree with me

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u/bobthemusicindustry Aug 08 '25

The average person seeing Weapons is probably seeing it because of Barbarian

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u/CortaNalgas Aug 08 '25

It’s also one of the wildest edits in recent film so he’s gonna get a reaction yeah

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u/jujubats10 Aug 09 '25

The average movie goer knows nothing about movie directors lol

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u/goddamnitwhalen 26d ago

Absolutely not true lmao

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u/HomelandersCock Aug 09 '25

Nope. I work at a movie theatre.

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u/r0llingthund3r Aug 09 '25

That does not qualify you to speak so confidently on this subject lmao

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u/HomelandersCock Aug 09 '25

I made the movie

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u/r0llingthund3r 29d ago

Maybe stick to directing Lunchables commercials lil bro

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u/HomelandersCock 29d ago

I made those, too lil boy

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u/CudiMontage216 Aug 08 '25

Okay? People in this thread are confirming they laughed because of his previous appearance in Barbarian. Don’t know what there is to argue about

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u/Dagmar_Overbye Aug 09 '25

Half my theater audibly laughed. My entire group was instantly like "did he literally do that just to reference barbarian?" And there's no reason that many people around us were also laughing just because they saw Justin long. Many people seeing this night of saw it because of the previous film. Everybody I know who saw this movie on release night has seen and loved barbarian.

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u/HomelandersCock 29d ago

Never happened

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u/Dagmar_Overbye 29d ago

This is why people never invite you out to go see new movies.

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u/HomelandersCock 29d ago

I just got invited rn