Weapons

2025·128 minR·English

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7.48193%3.6/5

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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.

What critics thought

Zach Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian arrives to near-universal critical enthusiasm, with most reviewers praising its refusal to hand-hold viewers through its layered, segmented mystery and its undercurrent of school-shooting allegory. The main fault line in reviews runs straight through the ending: admirers call it a darkly comic, Grimm-fairy-tale-worthy gut-punch, while skeptics argue Cregger squanders the more powerful possibilities he spent an hour building toward.

“One of the greatest strengths of Cregger's ambitious script is its abject refusal to connect every dot in the manner that so much 'elevated horror' has done in recent years. Still, it's not overly difficult to read the inciting incident of Weapons as a school shooting allegory.”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“Regardless of how you feel about the bittersweet ending (and many will happily embrace the movie's darkly comic bittersweet finale), Cregger has achieved something remarkable here, crafting a cruel and twisted bedtime story of the sort the Brothers Grimm might have spun—not the kid-friendly Disney version, mind you, but the kind where characters kill on command and audiences find it difficult to sleep afterward.”
Variety
“a righteous, fully actualized genre-bender in which writer-director Zach Cregger hones Barbarian's blend of unbearable tension and dark humor to a new level of razor-sharpness.”
Tom Jorgensen·IGN
“the segmentation and overlapping just feel like a whole lot of delay tactics.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“If Barbarian came out of left field three years ago and heralded an exciting new voice in filmmaking, Weapons doesn't disappoint but it doesn't have the advantage of surprise.”
Associated Press

Accolades

Genres

Horror, Mystery

Cast & Crew

Whitmer ThomasAlex's Dad

Callie SchutteraAlex's Mom

June Diane RaphaelDonna

Scarlett SherNarrator (voice)

Zach CreggerComposer

Ryan HolladayComposer

Hays HolladayComposer

Larkin SeipleCinematography

From the studio

New Line Cinema

Weapons

2025·128 min·R·English

Rate

7.48193%3.6/5

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.

What critics thought

“One of the greatest strengths of Cregger's ambitious script is its abject refusal to connect every dot in the manner that so much 'elevated horror' has done in recent years. Still, it's not overly difficult to read the inciting incident of Weapons as a school shooting allegory.”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“Regardless of how you feel about the bittersweet ending (and many will happily embrace the movie's darkly comic bittersweet finale), Cregger has achieved something remarkable here, crafting a cruel and twisted bedtime story of the sort the Brothers Grimm might have spun—not the kid-friendly Disney version, mind you, but the kind where characters kill on command and audiences find it difficult to sleep afterward.”
Variety
“a righteous, fully actualized genre-bender in which writer-director Zach Cregger hones Barbarian's blend of unbearable tension and dark humor to a new level of razor-sharpness.”
Tom Jorgensen·IGN
“the segmentation and overlapping just feel like a whole lot of delay tactics.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“If Barbarian came out of left field three years ago and heralded an exciting new voice in filmmaking, Weapons doesn't disappoint but it doesn't have the advantage of surprise.”
Associated Press