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In Theaters Now
- 2025
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 8 m
- 2025
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 8 m
Summary When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Directed By: Zach Cregger
Written By: Zach Cregger
In Theaters Now
- 2025
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 8 m
- 2025
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 8 m
Weapons
7.4
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Summary When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Directed By: Zach Cregger
Written By: Zach Cregger
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Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
81
89% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
11% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
81
89% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
11% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Aug 7, 2025
Cregger’s film is a standout — unsettling, odd, and wickedly fun. Weapons might just be the horror movie for people who don’t do horror.
Aug 7, 2025
Its narrative structure keeps Weapons continually engaging, while its talented cast of actors brings depth to each character, making this one of the best horror films of the year.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 101 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
13% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
11% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 101 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
13% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
11% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Aug 8, 2025
Best horror film of the decade so far? Half trauma-driven character drama, half inky black creepy crawly blood-soaked fairy tale. Got under my skin and stayed there for days. Packs an emotional gut-punch. A bit of an over-ambitious mess at times, but in the best way. I couldn't have walked out of the theatre more thrilled.
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Aug 9, 2025
Director Zach Cregger's 2nd horror movie and he manages to deliver yet another winner. Set in Maybrook, Pennsylvania, the story starts with 17 out of 18 kids from the same classroom running out of their homes at 2:17 one night. The next day, only the teacher and the 18th boy turn up, throwing the entire town into a tizzy. The issue with Weapons is that I can't talk much about it - a lot of it would be spoiled if I do. But for fans of Cregger's previous movie, Barbarian, Weapons makes for a brilliant sophomore effort with numerous instances of dark humour sprinkled throughout the runtime. The casting is good. Julia Garner : Actress plays the teacher, Ms. Gandy and Cary Christopher plays Alex Lilly, the only child who doesn't disappear. They were the standouts for me. Josh Brolin, Benedict Wong, Austin Abrams, Alden Ehrenreich & Amy Madigan co-star. The beauty of Weapons also lies in its Rashomon style of storytelling. It is a style I adore a lot as it gives perspective and for this story it works really well. Though the ending may not be to everyone's liking given how tonally divergent it is, it worked for me. I love weird horror movies and Weapons was exactly that.
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Aug 6, 2025
In many ways, Weapons is a topical ensemble drama; thrillingly, it has darker, more genre-driven ambitions beyond that. Cregger mixes all this despair, cynicism, and brutality into an impressively wicked and heady brew—and a ferociously entertaining horror movie, besides.
By Jarrod Jones
FULL REVIEW
Aug 6, 2025
The non-linear shape of its story doesn’t just allow Weapons to disguise the age-old genre pattern of tension and release, it also allows Cregger to condense it until he’s completely elided the distance between horror and comedy, terror and relief, self-control and surrender.
Aug 6, 2025
When the macabre does fully show itself, no concessions are made to taste or restraint. Though Weapons is lavishly shot and expensively acted – Amy Madigan is deliciously gamey in a role we won’t spoil – it ultimately settles into the rhythms of premium-brand pulp.
Aug 5, 2025
It’s an entertaining film, but not a particularly resonant one considering the charged subject matter; it’s structured like a parlor trick, keeping one at a deliberate remove until working out how its constituent pieces fit together rather than caring about the people within them.
Aug 7, 2025
Once Mr. Cregger starts to let loose his revelations, though, disappointment creeps in, and the scale and soul of the film shrink before our eyes. It’s impossible to say how without getting into spoilers. But the movie’s potential richness, kept in play by its ever-circling narrative style, is finally brought crashing to the ground by its denouement.
Aug 9, 2025
This movie was incredible. One of the best picture of 2025. Zack created some good stuf. Ending was wild.
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Aug 9, 2025
The cinematography in Weapons is very good. The visuals really pop on the IMAX screen, making the horror moments stand out with a cool, distinct look that kept me hooked.
The sound in the IMAX theater did an okay job. The mix supports the creepy vibe perfectly, but the volume was low again, so it wasn’t as powerful as it could’ve been. What is with these movie theaters and getting volume right? The last 4 movies in IMAX have had low volume. It's very annoying. I could tell right away dialog volume was way too low. I go to IMAX screenings because the audio is loud, now they're turning down IMAX screens? Definitely not happy about that.
The movie itself is a bit of a letdown. The pacing kills this movie. It’s a slow-burn that drags way too much. The story feels stretched out, and the runtime is just too long for what it is. While watching, I kept thinking, why are we editing it like this? Plus, I really didn't like the ending.
Overall, I wanted more from this movie. I think the trailer was excellent, and significantly better than the movie itself. Horror fans might like the visuals, but the slow pacing and weak ending make it tough to enjoy. This movie has so much potential. It’s not my top pick for 2025.
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Production Company
- New Line Cinema
- Domain Entertainment (II)
- Subconscious
- Vertigo Entertainment
- BoulderLight Pictures
- Warner Bros.
Release Date Aug 8, 2025
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating R
Tagline Last night at 2:17 am every child from Mrs. Gandy's class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark ...and they never came back.
Awards
Astra Midseason Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination