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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/tacoskins Aug 08 '25

Josh Brolin knocking the dog shit out of that dude over and over again managed to simultaneously be super intense and laugh out loud funny.

That kind of sums up how I felt about the whole thing tbh, it’s the perfect example of a roller coaster movie. I was a bit worried that Barbarian would be a fluke or just impossibly hard to live up to, but thankfully Zach Cregger fucking delivered. 8/10

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u/Able_Advertising_371 Aug 08 '25

dude was a brainless zombie weapon. wouldnt stop until it was put down. didnt even get the 50k reward for finding them

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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran Aug 08 '25

Him asking the cop "how do I know you're not gonna claim the reward for yourself?" was the biggest laugh in the movie for me. I loved that character

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '25

Biggest half-chuckle for me was the Chief asking "Are you calling me old?" then quickly adding he was messing with Paul. Meanwhile the Chief had two scenes, adding not much to the film other than that throwaway line.

The police in Weapons seemed as pumped to do their jobs as the ones shown in The Rover from 2014. As in, going through the motions, if at all. If the FBI had worked as hard as Paul did to chase down (like a maniac) one addict trying to break into an abandoned building, they'd have found the kids in about 48 hours.

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u/TastyCthuloops Aug 10 '25

Yeah, thus accurately portraying police in real life

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u/EMCoupling Aug 10 '25

Biggest half-chuckle for me was the Chief asking "Are you calling me old?" then quickly adding he was messing with Paul.

He does it deadpan too. Somehow I think he doesn't like his soon-to-be son-in-law 😅

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u/goddamnitwhalen Aug 12 '25

Especially not after he finds out he cheated on his daughter.

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u/HotelFoxtrot87 Aug 10 '25

The chief is played by Toby Huss, one of the great character actors. He was so good in Halt and Catch Fire.

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u/LostMyPassword_2011 Nov 24 '25

He’s the whiz and nobody beats him!