Weapons starts with one of the most unsettling hooks in recent horror: an entire classroom of children vanishes at the exact same moment with no explanation. The story follows the ripple effects of that disappearance through the lives of parents, teachers, police, and the town itself, slowly revealing that the event isn’t just a random supernatural glitch. For most of its runtime, the movie does a great job building dread through atmosphere, unanswered questions, and a creeping sense that reality itself is fractured.
As the layers peel back, the film shifts from mystery-driven horror into something closer to cosmic or metaphysical terror. The idea that the children weren’t simply taken but were pulled into some kind of twisted, larger mechanism of fate or punishment adds a disturbing philosophical edge. The performances sell the despair and confusion well, especially the parents who are left trapped in emotional limbo—no closure, no certainty, just absence.
Where the movie really divides people is the ending. Instead of giving a concrete explanation or emotional resolution, it leans hard into ambiguity and symbolic horror, implying meaning without fully grounding it. I personally didn’t like the ending—not because it was bold, but because it felt like the film pulled back just when it needed to commit. After spending so much time investing us in the mystery and the emotional weight, the lack of real narrative payoff felt frustrating rather than profound.
Overall, I’d say Weapons is a strong, eerie film that mostly works—great setup, solid tension, and memorable ideas—but it could have benefited from a little more wrapping up at the end. The journey is compelling, the mood is heavy in the right way, and much of it sticks with you afterward. But the ending feels like a swing that didn’t quite connect, and I suspect a lot of viewers walked away feeling the same mix of admiration and disappointment.
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