By Aaron Strow
Featuring horror, thriller, drama, and mystery, the movie Weapons was released exclusively in theaters on August 8, 2025. The film wowed the public along with critics and audiences praised its inventive structure.
The movie follows the stories of 17 elementary school children, all in the same class, running away from their houses in the middle of the night and never coming back. As the next day rolls around, every kid is missing from the classroom except for one which leads to the main mystery of the film.
The Weapons movie’s unique storytelling, using the perspective of various characters, allows the viewer to unfold the mystery one by one. This display of writing enabled an action packed and emotional view by the audience and built up to the main climax of the movie, when all stories connect.
Samuel Lee, a sophomore at Irvington High School, who recently watched the movie in theaters says “the movie did a very good job with correlating different characters into one main storyline. I also like how the movie incorporated funny parts in serious situations to ease the tension.”
As the movie progressed, the audience noticed that they were laughing quite often after frightening scenes. The film included this version of “dark” comedy as it blended with the horror aspects of the film and created a safe, yet entertaining environment for the viewers.
However, most people, including myself, believed that these scenes had shifted too fast from horror, jumpscares, and intense positions, to laughing, cussing, and unserious conversations.
Toward the end of the movie, the protagonists had entered an alarming house in order to find answers to why so many kids had disappeared. This once serious and terrifying situation had transitioned to dozens of kids chasing after a witch outside, which yet again, changed the tone and pace of the film.
Although the funny aspects of the film can seem annoying at times, it does not ruin the movie. Overall, the theme of how trauma and grief can become “weaponized” is illustrated impeccably, and I would give it an 8/10.
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