Weapons

Synopsis

All the kids from one class, minus one, go missing, and the city blames the teacher. Now that the rest of the kids are going back to school, the parents of the missing kids are angry and searching for answers.

Review

This is a weird movie. I know that the way the kids are running is based on a photo from Vietnam, but all I can think about is the Naruto(?) run that the dummies did outside of "Area 51." I think what really makes this weird is the flipping back and forth between perspectives. I think for the most part it doesn't add to the story enough to justify it in the long sections of it.

I am about 10 days removed from this movie and I couldn't tell you what stands out other than the section of the story with Benedict Wong. He is probably one of the better players in this movie. Him and Josh Brolin. I could take or leave everyone else, especially the clown/witch lady.

Speaking that this is a horror film, I expected so much more. The heavy elements of stupidity, mainly the entire ending scene just completely ruins that inky feeling your have after a good horror movie. There might have been one good jump scene that was just unexpected, but after that it became boring.

My Rating

I wanted to badly to like this movie. I started watching it late at night and there were even a couple scenes where it felt like it was going to be creepy, but it just didn't live up to it. The story presented is so layered in analogy, that the analogies take more time and effort than the story. I am giving this a 7 as it just doesn't sit with you.

Parental Rating

An overwhelming amount of language and epic amount of stupid gore. Stupid as in it doesn't have any place in realism or just not look like a cheesy 80s horror film. I halfway expecting green peas to be spit everywhere. There isn't a chance that either of my parents would watch this. Rejected by both.

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