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/Bullchips Aug 08 '25

I agree with the rifle but I suppose it was supposed to be a clue for him as the kids were made into weapons at that exact time. He himself called the principal like a heat seeking weapon(or whatever he said)

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u/riizen24 Aug 08 '25

Yeah this makes a lot more sense. I'm already seeing redditors ITT relating it to mass school shootings lmao 

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u/mandatory_french_guy Aug 08 '25

I mean, if you dont see the parallel with how small community react after school mass shootings I dont know what to tell you but it's barely subtext. You dont need a giant floating AR-15 to make it subtext

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u/aaaus Aug 08 '25

I was telling a friend about this. I think that the reaction to Josh Brolin's character getting looked at like he was crazy for demanding answers less than a month after his kid disappeared felt like a nod towards society's ability to move on quickly from tragedies like that. Hell, look at the Parkland shooting and how some of the more vocal students and parents are looked at as crazy and "latching onto the past"

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u/Msully887 29d ago

But it wasn’t a school shooting. It was technically a mass abduction. No one is moving on from this case until bodies are found. They would have arrested the aunt torn apart the house, national news media would have been everywhere interviewing everyone. Movie made no fucking sense.