Spontaneous Movie Date With Friends | Weapons (2025) : Recap and Takeaways

Hello Movies & TV Shows community! It’s my very first post here 😊 I’ve been meaning to write movie and series reviews for the longest time since I love watching and analyzing them (the Lit teacher in me can’t help it 😁). Finally, I'm doing it so here it goes!

It all started on a random weekday. I had just woken up when I saw our group chat blowing up with messages. One of my friends suddenly asked us to watch a movie right then and there. I was still sleepy and too lazy to go, but then he said he’d pay for the tickets. It's free so I got up immediately 😂

Only four of us made it since the others were stuck onsite at work. We're watching Weapons. We quickly looked for the nearest cinema and settled on a 3:50 PM slot at Bonifacio High Street and we got 4DX tickets 💖 I prefer 4DX for horror/suspense and action movies. I'm glad Bonifacio High Street Cinemas offers 4DX that day.

Jan was the first to arrive, so he already grabbed some snacks for us. The rest of us made it just before the movie started.

I actually watched this movie twice. The second time was with Gabbie’s family at Uptown Mall, and I’m glad I did because I noticed more details the second time around.

🎞️ Recap 🎞️

I’d already seen the trailer for Weapons when we watched Superman, so I knew it had something to do with missing kids. The movie is this mix of dark comedy, horror, and mystery.

An entire class of children disappears... except for one. Of course, suspicion falls on the teacher (played by Julia Garner a.k.a. Anna Delvey in Inventing Anna). I couldn’t help but giggle every time she appeared because her acting reminded me so much of that role.

To be honest, I liked the Weapons because it’s told from different characters’ points of view instead of just going straight from start to finish. It reminded me a lot of Naguib Mahfouz’s Wedding Song, where each POV gives you a deeper picture of the truth. Without this style, I think the movie would’ve felt flat. My favorite perspective was James, the drug addict. At first, he seemed irrelevant, but he ended up bringing a lot of the comedy.

Watching it in 4DX was great. Thanks Addie for buying those seats! The jump scares had the seats shaking, and Gabbie even threw a quarter of her popcorn during one scare 😂 The way the kids “disappeared” was also unexpectedly funny. The whole cinema laughed 😂 Jan even copied the way they ran as we were leaving 😅

I also appreciated how the movie included a same-sex relationship through the principal’s character, though it was sad (and honestly unfair) how their storyline ended. It’s that classic horror trope where sometimes the kindest characters meet the worst fate.

I don’t want to give too many spoilers but the ending had us like...

📝 Takeaways 📝

The movie wasn’t just about scares and laughs for me. It made me think a lot about community and how people deal with problems like this.

If the story were set in the Philippines, I honestly think the case would’ve been resolved faster. Not because the authorities are efficient (because let’s be real, they’re not), but because of the community.

Chismis (gossip) spreads fast here, and while it can be annoying, in this situation, that kind of network could’ve saved time and helped find the missing kids.

That’s why I got frustrated with some parts of the film.

Like when a mom refused to share CCTV footage that could’ve helped another parent. I get that it’s about privacy, but if your child is missing, wouldn’t you want every possible lead to help?

Same with the 911 call that wasn’t forwarded to the police. Even if it came from a drug addict, they had no leads so why not check it out?

As a teacher myself, I was also bothered when the teacher let Alex walk home alone without double-checking where his parents were. In my school, we’re so careful with even the smallest details about the kids. It’s not being nosy, it’s accountability.

Watching all of this made me realize how easy it is to blame people for not being careful or cooperative. And that’s exactly why we emphasize teaching cooperation in schools, because kids will carry that with them as adults.

The film really highlights how flawed systems and uncooperative people leave the vulnerable at the greatest risk (in this movie, it's the kids).

In the end, the movie made me question: Who can we really trust?

• The education system?
• The parents?
• The neighbors?
• The police?
• Or maybe even the people we usually ignore, like the homeless?

At its core, Weapons shows how the oppressed often suffer the most because of the cracks in society’s systems.

Overall, for me, Weapons is a solid watch. It's not a typical horror film, but one that sticks with you after.

If you like dark comedy with a side of social commentary, this one’s worth your time 😊

I appreciate you reading this all the way through. Thanks for your time~

That’s it for my very first movie review here in the Movies & TV Shows Community! 💛 I’ve been meaning to do this because I really enjoy watching movies and series, and I always end up with so many thoughts after finishing them. Sometimes it’s the ending that surprises me, other times it’s a small scene that really sticks. I already have some drafts waiting to be published, and I can’t wait to share them all here soon.

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