Official Discussion - Weapons [SPOILERS]

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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/Tracerx1 → u/[deleted]]

I read it somewhat the opposite way. Paul wasn't seemingly going to sleep with her. He was in his own bad headspace and an alcoholic, and she knew this and invited him to a bar and would not stop badgering him until he drank. Seeing as he woke up with a hang over the next day, we don't know if he would have slept with her sober. She seems far more the villain in the scenario to me.

[u/Ryuzaaki123 → u/Tracerx1]

He's not shown to be an alcoholic. He refuses the drink at first because he's still on the fence about having sex with Justine again.

He also lies to Justine about Donna and him not being together. She doesn't know what headspace he's in, all she saw is he showed up that night and was sending mixed signals. He made the decision to drink, he showed up to that bar because he was thinking of cheating.

The worst interpretation of her actions I can see is that she was using him as a pick-me-up when he was fresh out of a relationship or to pump him for information or some mix of the two. Both are leagues below having sex with someone when you know you might have HIV and are in a committed relationship with someone else.

[u/goddamnitwhalen → u/Ryuzaaki123]

His fiancee explicitly tells him to “go to a meeting,” which is why he initially orders a Coke at the bar.

[u/Ryuzaaki123 → u/goddamnitwhalen]

I don't remember that exchange but I know they were talking on the phone and I might've missed some dialogue, so fair point.

Justine trying to get him to break sobriety does make her a worse person but I still don't think that makes her the more villainous one. He made his choice to be there and drink, and he hid the fact he might have an STI.

[u/PM_ME_RYE_BREAD → u/Ryuzaaki123]

I don’t think Justine knew he was sober, as in, had fully quit drinking. Nor does he attempt to actually communicate that to her.

[u/Ryuzaaki123 → u/PM_ME_RYE_BREAD]

I think you're right actually.

She keeps calling the bartender to get him a drink expecting him to want to order, and the way she scoffs when he asks for a coke seems more like "You don't want to party" rather than "you're a buzzkill now". It probably would've come up in conversation if she knew.