Weapons Movie Summary (No Spoilers):
Weapons Movie Summary (No Spoilers):A class of third-graders vanishes one night, leaving one boy behind. At 2:17am they all wake up, leave their homes and never come back.
Their teacher, Justine Gandy, becomes the main suspect for many of the parents as the town searches for answers. The story is told from all the characters viewpoints showing how they are all connected in one way or another and revealing parts of what happened to a point where everything is revealed, then leading to the resolution.
Weapons is a good watch, it was gripping and had you trying to put the pieces together as the story untold. It’s a slow burn type of movie like The Night House, Midsommar, or Hereditary.
Weapons is a folk horror mystery that gives some answers and leaves others open.
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Reviews
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Rotten Tomatoes: 94% Tomatometer from 350+ reviews, with an 85% audience score; RT also logs the streaming release as September 9, 2025. Rotten Tomatoes
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Metacritic: 81 Metascore (universal acclaim), 7.2 user score. Metacritic
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Box office and availability: Strong summer performance with a soft second-week drop. Now on PVOD; wider streaming window followed. AP News
What real viewers are saying
A quick sample to capture the spread of reactions:
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“A great horror film and a noteworthy film overall.” RT audience consensus. Rotten Tomatoes
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“Once the true mystery is revealed, it stopped being scary.” RT user, 3.5/5. Rotten Tomatoes
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“Confident, well-written mystery-horror that rewards patience.” Metacritic user, 10/10. Metacritic
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“Intriguing to watch although the tone takes a deep dive toward the end.” Metacritic user, 6/10. Metacritic
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On Reddit’s spoiler threads, viewers debate whether Gladys’s powers leave permanent damage and why some families never recover. Reddit
