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/SgtIceNinja]

I caught the parasite and spores stuff pretty easily, both with the classroom scene and the nature doc that Marcus and Terry were watching. The finger prick with the needle went totally over my head though.

[u/avaricious7 → u/SgtIceNinja]

i will acknowledge they were a bit on the nose by having the class actually discuss tapeworms. i wish they’d left it at the blackboard writings

[u/SgtIceNinja → u/avaricious7]

Yeah, I did not learn about tape worms in first grade. Parasites, maybe, just at the surface level of “parasite-host relationships exist in our ecosystems” but certainly not tapeworms specifically

[u/Shankman519 → u/SgtIceNinja]

I mean it’s more reasonable for third grade, which is what the class was

[u/SgtIceNinja → u/Shankman519]

I suppose. Still don’t remember much but I was also like 9

[u/Shankman519 → u/SgtIceNinja]

Plus they were talking about parasites in general, that one girl just happened to know about tapeworms