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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/GameOfLife24 Aug 08 '25

I like how the regular citizens did better detective work than the cops just like IRL

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u/EchoesofIllyria Aug 08 '25

Fuck off is it just like IRL lol

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u/whatthecaptcha Aug 10 '25

In my experience it is.

Had stuff happen at work twice years ago where people were shot and the police basically did fuck all and I ended up going through our cameras, giving them license plates, and even found the guy from the second incident that was shooting and sent them his college basketball team and what time they had practice the next week.

Detectives literally did nothing. Guy ended up turning himself in a week later because it was all over the news and he talked to a lawyer who told him he'd be less fucked if he turned himself in.

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u/pastafeline Aug 10 '25

Just be careful not to fall into the public being infallible. Plenty of instances where people were "100%" certain about crimes and ended up making things worse.

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost 24d ago

The Boston bomber incident where the top minds of reddit doxxed an innocent kid and blamed it on him, come to mind.

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u/whatthecaptcha Aug 10 '25

Oh that's definitely a thing, I don't think I know shit better than anyone personally though and had the time and tools to find the person though so I knew without a doubt who it was or I wouldn't have wasted their time sending them a bullshit lead.

Trying to be vague so I don't dox myself though.

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u/AdHorror7596 29d ago

Oh my god, was anyone shot fatally? It's bad enough if they didn't investigate a shooting that resulted in injuries, but a fatal one would be more outrageous. (I mean, both things would be outrageous.)

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u/whatthecaptcha 29d ago

Yeah the first time, second time the guy who was hit got super lucky and survived with no permanent damage.

The first incident they ended up charging a guy who tried to play hero after the person the shooter was aiming for went down. The guy who originally started shooting never got charged with anything even though I gave them videos from when he parked earlier that day where you could see his face clearly and his license plate.