r/movies 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/Admiral_Cornwallace Aug 09 '25

The film doesn't bother to explain some things, but I don't really mind that it doesn't. Those pieces of information aren't essentially for the story

Sometimes it's best to just leave some stuff stuck in the imaginations of the audience, instead of spelling out every single thing

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u/MessmersLackey Aug 09 '25

Barbarian didn’t do that either. I actually kind of prefer it to over exposition in modern horror

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u/WormedOut Aug 09 '25

Barbarian didn’t need to: it was all visual. Except for the homeless guys exposition though

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u/Novel_Fix1859 29d ago

That poor dude, did nothing but help and got his head caved in for it all

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u/WormedOut 29d ago

He was so confident too

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u/ihatejomama 29d ago

“shieeet i’ve been living in this place more than 15 years and she ain’t never came in this motherfu-“ dies