Weapons (2025)
- Aug 7
- 2 min read
R | 2 hr 8 min | 7.6/10 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Parental Rating:R (Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
Storyline
Weapons (2025) begins with seventeen children vanishing simultaneously from their classroom in a small town at 2:17 a.m. One month later, a schoolteacher, a grieving father, a cop, and a junkie each follow separate threads of the mystery—only to discover that whatever took the children may be beyond human understanding and bound up in ritual, trauma, and otherworldly power.
Why It’s Our Vibe
Director Zach Cregger turns the horror-mystery into a layered, unsettling trip where the investigation becomes the terror. With a fractured narrative structure and moments of surreal dread, the film probes themes of disappearance, complicity, and communal guilt. The ensemble cast—including Josh Brolin and Julia Garner—anchors the oddness in reality, while the imagery and pacing elevate the fear into uncanny territory. Weapons isn’t just chilling—it lingers.
Director
Zach Cregger
Writer
Zach Cregger
Starring
Josh Brolin as Archer Graff
Julia Garner as Justine Gandy
Alden Ehrenreich as Paul
Austin Abrams as James
Cary Christopher as Alex
Benedict Wong as Marcus
Amy Madigan as Gladys
Produced by
Zach Cregger
Roy Lee
Miri Yoon
J. D. Lifshitz
Raphael Margules
Production Companies
New Line Cinema
Subconscious
Vertigo Entertainment
BoulderLight Pictures
Cinematography
Larkin Seiple
Edited by
Joe Murphy
Music by
Ryan Holladay
Hays Holladay
Zach Cregger
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
August 8, 2025 (United States)
Run Time
2 hr 8 min
Country
United States
Languages
English
Budget
$38 million
Box office
$267 million+
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