I have been anticipating the new movie Weapons for quite awhile. The premise of the film was truly creative.

According to IMDB, “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.“

I really enjoyed how this film played with POV. The film showed the events of the story from multiple different characters. The first section was from Justine’s POV. Justine is played by Julia Garner and she is the teacher whose classroom had the missing kids. I was amazed how unlikable this character was. She certainly played against the trope of the classroom teacher.

We saw POV from Archer (Josh Brolin), police officer Paul (Alden Ehrenreich), Marcus (Benedict Wong), James (Austin Abrams) and only remaining kid Alex (Cary Christopher).

Cary Christopher did an exceptional job as Alex. His pain and anguish was obvious even through his quite nature.

Josh Brolin was great here too. I loved how he was in pursuit of his missing son and he seemed to be more successful with his efforts than the local police.

The acting from the ensemble was all great. It was well cast and they all brought it. The story was creative and well laid out. I do think the truth came out a little sooner than I thought it would, but it did build remarkable tension during the story. Dialogue was well written and sharp. I do think it dragged a little in the middle, but overall, this is a great film.

4.5 stars