US EditionMovie Review: Why Did 17 Kids Vanish at 2:17 a.m.? Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ Delves Into the Mystery
MAYBROOK, ILLINOIS, AUG 5 – The mysterious disappearance divides Maybrook’s community as suspicion falls on the teacher and parents, revealing a dark plot with 17 children vanishing simultaneously at 2:17 a.m.
- On Friday, August 8, Weapons opens in theaters, revealing the mysterious disappearance of 17 children from a Maybrook, Illinois, third-grade class at 2:17 a.m.
- In the aftermath of the mass disappearance, the community of Maybrook searches for answers as seventeen children leave their homes at 2:17 a.m. and vanish.
- Justine Gandy finds only Alex among her 18 students and faces threats, graffiti, and a parent's attack from Archer Graff at Maybrook Elementary.
- Critics praise its ‘intricately plotted, supremely twisty’ narrative, and the film holds 83/100 on Metacritic and 23 reviews counted on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Reflecting a broader trend, the film embraces ambiguity, with Zach Cregger structures the story through rewound chapters from various characters’ viewpoints, aligning with recent horror mysteries.
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Weapons review: One of the best horror films of recent years
★★★★☆Weapons is in cinemas from Friday 8 August. Add it to your watchlistFor as long as the project has been public knowledge, there have been whisperings that Zach Cregger's new horror film Weapons could be something special.Back in 2023, the movie's script was the subject of a major bidding war between several of Hollywood's biggest studios – eventually won by Warner Bros' New Line Cinema – and before even a snippet of footage had been glimpse…
What is 'Weapons' about? Cast sets up the key players and shifting POVs
Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, and Austin Abrams reveal what they can without spoiling the whole thing.Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Julia Garner and Josh Brolin in 'Weapons'So much about the horror movie Weapons is shrouded in mystery. That’s just the way writer/director Zach Cregger likes it. It’s a trick he no doubt learned from his first feature film outing, Barbarian, which was sold as a story about a woman who arrives at he…
MAINTENANCE. This fantastic thriller shocking children's disappearances is a very personal project of its director Zach Cregger, who entrusted himself to the "Point".
Between Stephen King and David Lynch, Zach Cregger assembles a horrific puzzle about the disappearance of several children.The adaptations of Stephen King's novels to the cinema are no longer included.
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