Josh Brolin<\/a>).<\/p>\nJustine is equally curious as to what happened and begins her own investigation which centers around the only child from her class that didn\u2019t run away, Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher). But as she attempts to unravel the mystery, more players step on to the board and get wrapped up in something much larger going on.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s as story-focused as I get in this review since I do think folks should experience the movie\u2019s game for themselves. Weapons<\/em> does a solid job unspooling its story, in part because of the non-linear structure Cregger also used for Barbarian<\/em>. I\u2019d like to see him write a script that didn\u2019t rely on that format as certain beats start to become predictable and deflate some tension, but it\u2019s by no means a deal-breaker for the ideas Cregger wants to dig into.<\/p>\nUnder the Surface of <\/strong>Weapons<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\nThat\u2019s where I found the most reward in watching Weapons<\/em>: seeing the subjects Cregger wanted to examine through the lens of a horror story. One of the reasons I love genre storytelling (horror in particular) is that it affords you an infinite number of tools to use when having conversations about any potential topic. You don\u2019t have to make a story about a school shooter when you can make Carrie<\/em> instead.<\/p>\nAnd while I do think Weapons<\/em> is using its story to partially comment on the fears of classroom massacres in America, it\u2019s going into a deeper arena and asking an even broader question: \u201cWhat is taking away our children from us? And what is it turning them into?\u201d The title of the movie should clear that bit up. It\u2019s also a metaphorical takedown of the fearmongering that propaganda like Sound of Freedom<\/em> purports. Make no mistake: Weapons<\/em> does believe our children are in danger but it\u2019s pointing a very different (and actually correct) accusatory finger.<\/p>\nWithout giving away the whole kit and kaboodle, Weapons<\/em> is a criticism of an older generation\u2019s hold over society and what it is doing to all of us, not just our kids. It\u2019s turning us all into weapons against each other, but it has a special focus and need for children because they contain even more power. What\u2019s great is that Cregger isn\u2019t some moralist shouting his message from a cinematic pulpit. He\u2019s able to weave all this into a story that is creepy and compelling all on its own without you needing to see what the movie is Saying<\/p>\n\n<\/div>
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Good Horror, Even Without Its Smarts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nAs such, I actually think audiences are going to take surprisingly well to Weapons<\/em>. It\u2019s got a great cast putting in good work \u2013\u2013 Amy Madigan gives one of the best performances of the year \u2013\u2013 it\u2019s a decent-looking flick with a surehanded style, and it purposefully keeps you biting at its hooks thanks to its structure. Cregger comes from the world of sketch comedy and understands the power of premise, and Weapons<\/em> makes sure it maintains and earns the attraction of its bold premise.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s nice to have another strong voice in horror being supported by the studio system. While I\u2019m not as over the moon with Cregger\u2019s first two films as many others are, both Barbarian<\/em> and Weapons<\/em> perfectly represent the kind of original stories I want to see from the genre. That said, I\u2019m definitely excited to see the response to this movie from audiences and whatever Cregger has in store next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trend of \u201cwhat is it?\u201d horror is certainly nothing new to the genre. Horror movies have been playing on audience curiosity for decades, but the advent of Jordan Peele\u2019s dominance on the genre has emboldened filmmakers and studios to make the unknown a huge selling point. Such is the case with Weapons, the follow-up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1950440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[312982,341129,339106],"class_list":["post-1950439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-horror-movies","tag-horror-story","tag-zach-cregger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Weapons-Delivers-Scares-With-More-Sinister-Secrets-Under-The-Surface.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}