2025 makes two horror movies starring Julia Garner that I’ve seen with the first being wolf man. While wolf man didn’t hit the mark for most people, Weapons fell even flatter for me. It felt like it could have been a hour-long black mirror type episode, but instead was dragged out into a movie.
Weapons started out strong with the mystery of 17 kids all running out of their homes at 2:17am and disappearing. All 17 of these kids were in Julia’s class and we get to see the fallout and blame that is put on her because of this. The portrayal of confusion and anger from the parents felt realistic and Benedict Wong played the part of the principal doing damage control extremely well.
So great start. Then the film starts changing viewpoints and interlacing different scenes that end on cliffhangers. It got old fast and instead of a tight controlled story, it became convoluted and slow. I was also disappointed on the aunt being a voodoo witch. I’m not sure what I was expecting and I’m not a movie buff by any means, but it just felt typical.
The conclusion with the aunt being chased by the kids was comical and felt like a skit. That said, I was engaged and enjoyed it. It was interesting how Archer regained his consciousness after the aunt died. I’m assuming that was because he didn’t spend much time under her influence. I also appreciated how the rest of the kids didn’t just snap back to reality and give us a pretty ending.
Rating: 408/1000
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