A mysterious masterpiece
Film critic Jason Evans is on a mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies in less time than it takes to snap a twig (once you see it, you will understand). His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too short while 101 is just excessive). Here is his 100-word review of Weapons.
The Premise: One night, 17 of the 18 children in the local school's 3rd grade classroom disappear – they just get out of bed and run
off into the darkness without speaking a word. Everyone in town
suspects their teacher, Justine (Julia Garner from Ozark), knows something about it, but she
insists she is innocent. The desperate search for the children turns into a
battle against a dark, supernatural being. The film is told in a unique way,
with different players in the story alternating as the main point-of-view character. The
chilling tale slowly builds to a mind-blowing conclusion. In addition to
Garner, the film stars Josh Brolin as the parent of one of the missing children,
Bennedict Wong as the school principal, and Alden Ehrenreich as a police
officer. It is written and directed by Zach Cregger, who previously made the
critically acclaimed horror film Barbarian.
The 100-words: Creepy, unsettling, and mysterious, Weapons
is one of the best horror films in recent memory. It wasn’t as scary as I
expected, but had me on the edge of my seat in nervous anticipation. Cregger’s
brilliant writing and direction draws you in and never wavers for a second. The
unique POV changes are a great way to slowly unveil the mysteries to the
audience. The film also had several wonderful doses of humor, which is a needed
reprieve from the tension on screen. While not as politically sharp as Jordan Peele’s
films, this is nonetheless thoughtful horror well worth seeing.
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