By Drew Dietsch | Published
The trend of “what is it?” Horror is certainly nothing new in the genre. Horror films have been playing on the curiosity of the public for decades, but the advent of the domination of Jordan Peele over the genre has embraced filmmakers and studios to make the unknown a huge argument of sale. This is the case with WeaponsThe frightening follow -up of the former sketch actor Zach Cregger. This marketing strategy is so effective that even talking about the film in any context will be considered by some as “spoilers”.
So if you don’t want to know anything about Weapons Before you see it, stop reading. I will not go beyond the big revelations or will not do everything my best to describe things in detail, but I really want to talk about what is simmering below the surface of this angry little film.
The story of Weapons
In case you do not know the basic premise of WeaponsHe focuses on a children’s classroom who have all woke up mysteriously in the middle of the night and who missed their homes, to never be seen again. Naturally, this causes a tumult in town as a class teacher, Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), falls under paranoid suspicion of parents like Archer Graff (Josh Brolin).
Justine is just as curious to know what happened and begins her own investigation which focuses on the only child in her class who did not fled, Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher). But as she tries to disentangle the mystery, more players go to the board and find themselves in something much bigger.
It is as focused on history as in this criticism because I think people should live the game of the film for themselves. Weapons Has solid work has rid its history, partly because of the non-linear CREGGER structure also used for Barbarous. I would like to see him write a script that was not based on this format when certain beats begin to become predictable and to deflate a certain tension, but it is by no means an approaching for the ideas that Cregger wants to dig.
Under the surface of Weapons
This is where I found the most reward to watch Weapons: See the Congger subjects wanted to examine through the objective of a horror story. One of the reasons why I like gender narration (horror in particular) is that it offers you an infinite number of tools to use when they have conversations on any potential subject. You don’t have to make a story on a school shooter when you can do Carrie instead.
And while I think Weapons The use of its history to partially comment on the fears of massacres in class in America, it goes into a deeper arena and asking an even wider question: “What removes our children?” And what does that transform them? ” The title of the film should clarify this. It is also a metaphorical disassembly of the relevance of propaganda as Sound of freedom claims. Don’t be mistaken: Weapons Believes that our children are in danger, but it points to a very different accusing finger (and in fact correct).
Without giving the whole kit and kaboodle, Weapons is a criticism of taking an older generation on society and what it does to all of us, not just our children. This transforms us all into weapons against each other, but it has a special orientation and need for children because they contain even more power. What is great is that Cregger is not a moralist shouting his message from a cinematographic pulpit. He is able to weave all of this in a story that is frightening and convincing on your own without you needing to see what the film says ™ at each turn.
Good horror, even without his intelligence
As such, I actually think that the public will take surprisingly well to Weapons. He has an excellent distribution in a good job – Amy Madigan gives one of the best performances of the year – it is a decent film with an infallible style, and it makes you deliberately biting with its hooks thanks to its structure. Congger comes from the world of sketch comedy and understands the power of the premise, and Weapons Ensures that he maintains and wins the attraction of his daring premise.
It’s nice to have another loud voice in the horror supported by the studio system. Although I am not also on the moon with the first two Cregger films like many others, both Barbarous And Weapons perfectly represent the kind of original stories that I want to see like. That said, I’m really delighted to see the answer to this public film and everything Cregger has in store afterwards.
