Weapons Film Review

Whilst last year was a really great year for horror films this year has been the complete and total opposite thus far with alot of the horror films that had been released by a big studio being nothing more then OK at best. Well that all changes today as a new horror film from a major studio has been released and it dares to break the mold by being better then OK and so then join me as I review that many are rightfully calling the best horror film of the year with the film in question being called simply just "Weapons" enjoy.

The plot of this film is sometime after seventeen kids all mysteriously disappear the teacher who's room they were all in sets out to find these kids and to clear her name in the process. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this films plot being just so good as it was actually something new , different and original which means that we the audience have no idea just where this films plot is even going because it's something that we really havn't seen done before now with the plot of this film being one that is perhaps the best plot for a newly released film this year regardless of it's a horror film or not because it is something that does keep you invested all throughout with it's slow burn approach which yes granted could be seen as being grating for some but here it does serf a purpose as it adds to the plot of the film by making us wonder just what is going to happen next and because of that we as an audience do get more of a chance to become invested in the films plot as simple as it is but in saying that tho the plot of this film could also be viewed as being unfocused as for alot of the time we don't really get to find out all that much about the kidnappings but at the same time tho it could be argued that that makes this films plot all the more scarier as now we have to use our imagination which could make thing all the more scarier then what they actually are with the plot of this film also being really entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Josh Brolin as Archer Graff , Julia Garner as Justine Gandy and Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan. Also starring in this film is Austin Abrams as James , Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly , Benedict Wong as Marcus Miller , Toby Huss as Ed Locke , Sara Paxton as Erica Bailey , Justin Long as Gary Bailey , June Diane Raphael as Donna Morgan , Whitmer Thomas as Mr. Lilly , Callie Schuttera as Mrs. Lilly , Clayton Farris as Terry Miller , Luke Speakman as Matthew Graff , Scarlett Sher as The Narrator and Amy Madigan as Gladys Lilly.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty just so good. Which is something that really does make alot of sense as alot of this films actors are a bunch of really good actors in their own right something that's been proven time and time again in other films and TV shows and now it's been prove yet again in this film as all of this films actors really do bring there A game to this film with all of them turning in some really good performance and while yes some of this films actors are better then others that doesn't mean that those actors are bad it just means that there not as good as the ones that out acted them in the film with it being clear as day that films writer , producer , one third of the films composers and director Zach Cregger really does know how to direct his actors and get a really good performance out of all of them and while it would be really easy to say that this films best actor is Josh Brolin the fact of the matter is that this films best actor is quite easily Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly as this kid has to get across so much emotion more often then not without saying a single word and yet he does it so well so much so that if he so chose he could very easily make it big as an actor as he's just that good in this film with him more often then not turning in a better performance then both Josh Brolin and Julia Garner as he's just that good in this film with the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Without giving away anything that happens in this film this film does tell it's plot in a rather unique way. With it going the same route that The Hateful Eight went when it came to telling it's story by basically telling it in chapters only here the chapters aren't numbered as there instead named after the various characters that the chapter focuses one with each of the films main characters getting one chapter each and much like a book each chapter ends on a cliffhanger which is something that would work better if some of the characters had more then one chapter but as it is whilst it does still fairly work it does mean that we're going for quite awhile without finding out what happend to the character in the previous chapter but to this films credit taking this approach does add to the films slow burn approach as it does mean that we the audience do get to spend alot more time with the characters with us even seeing scenes from earlier on in the film this time seen from a different point of view which yes is an idea that's been done to death but it is still one that does work really well and while nothing new is shown to us in those scenes it is something that does go to show you that this mystery is one that effects the whole town that this film takes place in and not just one or two characters as it very easily could have done but in saying that tho if the idea was to always give one character one chapter then why include a cliffhanger ending as all that does is make you want to watch more with that character and yet by not having that and just letting the story play out on it's own in the chapter format we still would have gone a really good film in it's own right.

While this film does have a great use of tension what it doesn't really have are that many memorable characters. With the film instead opting to have more characters then it knows what to do with and while all of the characters that it does introduce do a play a part in the plot of the film be it in a big way or small way it's the fact that the film has so many main characters in the first place that is the issue as after a while all of the films characters do start to blend into one and while some of the characters are done better then others a prime example of this is Justine who is a well done character and is done better then her boss Marcus who disappears for so long in the film that when he does reappear it leaves you wondering just who he is exactly as with the Justine character you do get a strong sense of who she is a character and how much this job of being an elementary school teacher means to her as she really does care for the kids perhaps a little to much but that is something that she does get called out on and it's something that we have to see her over come in the film whereas with Archer we don't really get to find out all that much about him other then he thinks the world of his son and that he owns a construction company and that's really it and so we when he does lash out at people during this film we have no idea if that's out of character for him or not as the film doesn't really show us what he was like when his son Matthew was still around but in saying that tho he does make or a good co-lead character with Justine with the two of them making for a great duo in the process even tho earlier on in the film he hated her guts.

What is really shocking is that right now this small little known horror film is actually beating a Disney film at the box office. As this film is currently beating Freakier Friday by about five to seventeen million American dollars right now this is despite the fact that Freakier Friday has the more well known actors in it and is a sequel to a film that people kind of remember where as this film is a completely original film with only one maybe two well known actors in it this sis something that does go to show you that people do crave good films and won't go to see something just because it's a sequel , remake or reboot and while it does help that this film is genuinely one of the best films of the year not just one of the best horror films of the year but one of the best films of the year period with it being proven that people want to see good original films and whilst films like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman are indeed good films there also not original films as there based of something that was created decades ago and therefor already have a built in fanbase for them where as with this film it had to focus on being a good film and give us some decent characters and decent scares and while the quality of the films characters will very from person to person it can't be argued that this film is a really good film and while it might not have legs to be a franchise it doesn't need to be one and hopefully this film will go along way into convincing major studios that if you give new and original films a good push in marketing especially if there really good films in their own right then you'll get back your investment at the box office as even tho this film has only been out for a few days now it's already almost made back it's $38 million American dollar budget with so far raking in $29.7 million American dollars in total at the box office.

There is one major issue with the film and that's the fact that despite the fact that this film is billed as being a mystery film the film doesn't offer us any clues as to what really happened with the kids. Granted this might seem like a small issue in the the grand scheme of things but if your billing yourself as being a mystery film then the actual mystery aspect of the film has to be well done and that does include giving us clues to what's actually going on here but the film doesn't do that and as such when we do get to the films third act and all is revealed then it not only comes out of nowhere but it also feels out of place as nothing in the film had suggested that that was even going to be a possibility in the first place with it being clear as day that the makers of this film where more focused on giving us some really great tension building and a great third act that they dropped the ball when it comes to giving us a legitimately good mystery with this being something that really should have been given the same amount of care and attention as the rest of the film quite clearly got as Scream 1996 proved that if you give the audience a good mystery with plenty of hidden clues to find then they will come back to your film just to find them all but this film doesn't do any of that and therefor there's really no real reason to go back and watch this film again and again as your not going to get anything new from it and your not going to find any hidden clues as to what's really going on with the kidnapped kids with this being something that the makers of this film really should have done as in the end repat viewings means more money for you and if people are willing to go back and rewatch your film then you know that you've created something that's truly special with this film being let down by just how bad that it's mystery aspect really is.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and two minuets and twenty one seconds. Which might seem like a huge red flag for a horror film to be this long but in fairness to this film it really does need to be that long as to cut this film down even by as a little as five or ten minuets would be a huge disservice to both the film and the films plot with this film even having more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho whilst the film does make great use of it's plot in some resects like in developing it's plot as well as it could have done it doesn't use its running time all that wisely in other respects tho as the film does jump around from character to character for no reason which does make it hard to buy into certain characters and while this doesn't really hurt the film it is something that can put people off watching this film with the film not really explaining all that much about certain aspects of it's plot with this slightly effecting it's characters as there are some characters that don't get alot of development like for example the character of James who is quite literally just Jay from the Jay & Silent Bon movies and that's really it with the character of Paul not even getting any kind of character development to speak of whatever and while those two characters aren't really effected as there not really main characters in the film the one main character that does get affected is the character of Archer who isn't really explored as a character and therefor can't get any kind of character development whatsoever but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this isa horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With it being this films kills that really do make the film even more creepy and scary then what it already is as even this film does make some solid use of jump scares those aren't the only kind of scares that are in this film as the film does also have alot of creepy kids which are always going to be effective when there done well like they are in this film however those aren't the best scare in this film as the films best kill is quite easily in the films third act and because of how much of a spoiler that it is I can't say anything that happens that happens in that part of the film as it's something that does need to be seen without knowing anything that happens in that third act but with out spoiling anything about what happens in that third act I can say that something does awsome and satisfactory does happen to the character of Gladys with it being inn that third act where the film does a really impressive one long take which is something that does work really well in the context of this film as it helps to make that third act feel all the more better and impressive then what it already with the films editing even helping out in the respect as well and while the film does have plenty of good creepy moments in it as well nothin will top just how well done that the films third act really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's so great to see an original film not only doing well at the box office but also be a really good film  as while yes Sinners was also both of those things hopefully now with two original films doing well at the box office and with this film being as good as it is it might hopefully convince Hollywood to make more original films with this film more then earning all of the praise that it's been getting as it's just that good of a film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.