"Weapons" was a movie I hadn't even heard of, but it was good.
It's a 2025 horror/mystery movie with an ensemble cast, including Josh Brolin. From the same director of the 2022 horror film Barbarian, and of similar quality.
The premise is that at 2:17am in this random suburban town, a couple dozen kids from the same class all disappeared. They all walked outside their front doors, ran away, and were not seen again. Except one kid in the class.
As parents freak out, and the police aren't getting many leads, the story then follows multiple people to see what's going on. It's tense and dark, well-directed and and well-acted.
I have rather few criticisms of the film. They made some characters a bit more unlikable/annoying than they needed to, which made it slightly hard to get attached at first, but that wasn't insurmountable. And although the story does take into account the existence of doorbell cameras and such, I felt that at today's level of surveillance, what happened is unrealistic. And the resolution felt slightly rushed.
Overall, a surprisingly strong film in a genre that isn't particularly my favorite. Was entertained and tense throughout.
It's a 2025 horror/mystery movie with an ensemble cast, including Josh Brolin. From the same director of the 2022 horror film Barbarian, and of similar quality.
The premise is that at 2:17am in this random suburban town, a couple dozen kids from the same class all disappeared. They all walked outside their front doors, ran away, and were not seen again. Except one kid in the class.
As parents freak out, and the police aren't getting many leads, the story then follows multiple people to see what's going on. It's tense and dark, well-directed and and well-acted.
I have rather few criticisms of the film. They made some characters a bit more unlikable/annoying than they needed to, which made it slightly hard to get attached at first, but that wasn't insurmountable. And although the story does take into account the existence of doorbell cameras and such, I felt that at today's level of surveillance, what happened is unrealistic. And the resolution felt slightly rushed.
Overall, a surprisingly strong film in a genre that isn't particularly my favorite. Was entertained and tense throughout.
10
