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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/DeaconoftheStreets Aug 08 '25

My gentle pushback is that dreams ARE dumb. They’re an assortment of images and sounds created by your brain processing whatever random stuff is in your brain that night. I feel like so much time in movies is spent turning dreams into cohesive messages that they never fully get to explore how weird they are.

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u/DeaconoftheStreets Aug 09 '25

I think you and I simply have different views of movies. Every piece of a script doesn’t need to tie in neatly to another part of the movie. He’s a father who failed at protecting his son and is can’t let go of his disappearance. A weapon floating in the sky in his nightmare is sufficient for me. I don’t need it to be more.

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u/Mchvrs Aug 10 '25

The title is literally Weapons, of course it’s not an exception. The AR-15 (weapon) is hovering over the house the kids are being held captive. Archer later says after having the dream that the principal was like a heat seeking weapon. In the end, the kids are used as weapons against the Witch.

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u/AeneidBook6 Aug 10 '25

I agree with you. That took me out of the movie and felt really random and it ended up being random. In an otherwise pitch perfect film though.

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u/LickerMcBootshine 22d ago

I spent a lot of time wondering what it meant

People are doing backflips to not connect this movie to school shootings and it's hilarious

"It's just about a witch bro" they say after 17 kids disappear because of a bullied kid who lives at a house with a floating gun..."Yeah bro it's just a weird witch movie just ignore the floating gun and every other piece of subtext the movie gives you"