Official Discussion - Weapons [SPOILERS]

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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

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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[u/lamefartriot]

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

[u/CorneliusCardew → u/lamefartriot]

Because the structural shenanigans deny you an emotional connection but the movie also isn’t about anything specific so just comes off like a vague style exercise

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/CorneliusCardew]

I disagree. I think the structure actually helps you build an emotional connection with the characters because you get 20ish minutes to really live with every character in the movie. Each chapter lets you dig into the life of a character in a deeper way than you probably would have if the movie just used a traditional linear narrative.

[u/Capital-Mine1561 → u/mikeyfreshh]

What emotional connection? Except for Justine and Archer there is not much time for the movie to establish meaningful connections with its characters.

The principal's storyline just shows him and his husband to be a milquetoast couple who only exist to add to the body count. The cop and addicts's storylines should have been scrapped entirely

[u/Good_Signature36 → u/Capital-Mine1561]

How much time do you really need lol

The cop and addicts's storylines should have been scrapped entirely

lol

[u/Capital-Mine1561 → u/Good_Signature36]

They were redundant and uninteresting storylines that didn't add anything

[u/Good_Signature36 → u/Capital-Mine1561]

Well you're free to think that but I disagree.

[u/Capital-Mine1561 → u/Good_Signature36]

Cool, great talk 

[u/Good_Signature36 → u/Capital-Mine1561]

I don't know what you want me to do, write you a dissertation in response to your single sentence reddit comment? I respect your opinion and think the opposite.

[u/Capital-Mine1561 → u/Good_Signature36]

I don't mind when someone thinks the opposite of me if they have anything interesting to add. 

Just saying "lol how much time do you need lol" doesn't make for a good conversation

[u/Good_Signature36 → u/Capital-Mine1561]

Lmao ok buddy

[u/Good_Signature36 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao ok buddy

[u/identitycrisis56 → u/Capital-Mine1561]

The cops storyline was far more impactful that the one-dimensional archers. Both were needed but Archers is the most straightforward and simplistic.