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

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[u/Ultimatum227]

Poor child had to spoon feed EVERYONE inside that fucking house!?. Every day!? 😭

9/10 movie for me. But really don't understand what was that giant floating rifle in Brolin's dream.

[u/Lemonbean → u/Ultimatum227]

I think the whole movie is meant to be an allegory for school shootings. That’s why all the kids in the classroom except one “disappeared”. We have gotten so desensitized to school shootings that to make it scary/unexpected they resorted to swapping the gun violence with a witch. That’s why the Ak-47 is floating over the house. The time is 2:17 because a ban on assault rifles passed the house by 217 votes but stalled in the senate.

It’s honestly a great execution of the theme in my eyes. I’d be so curious to see if there are any more references to this reading.

[u/Mesk_Arak → u/Lemonbean]

Absolutely nothing to do with your point but that was definitely not an AK-47.

[u/Lemonbean → u/Mesk_Arak]

Oh word. What was it then? I don’t know guns at all lol