It actually was pretty good. Story was told in an nonlinear progression. That's not something I normally love or hate, but it did work for this story.
Liked most of the characters.
Problem is its one of those movies you can't really talk about without spoiling.
This looks good. I don't really get to get out to theaters much after my accident, so I'll have to rent at home.
We just got back from the drive-in. I agree with WingedSerpent - I went in knowing nothing (besides what's on the poster) and I feel lucky to have done so. It's almost spoiler-y to even discuss the cast, though I suppose (as they both appear in the first few minutes of the film) it's okay to mention the always-welcome Benedict Wong and lady-of-the-moment Kelli Garner, whose $38 million thriller is currently kicking the box office butt of her $200 million + Marvel movie. Also very generally:
...SINNERS feels like a great horror movie because it announces quite baldly what it is and then delivers well beyond the best possible version one could ever expect from the premise. WEAPONS feels like a great horror movie at the moment because... well, it isn't even clear what kind of a movie it is until close to three-quarters of the way to the end, yet it still keeps one guessing through the final quarter. Is it an allegory? Is it PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK? Is it NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? :wink: No, wait, is it a David Lynch film?! I'm impressed that it's performing as well as it is - maybe American theatergoing audiences are perpetually underestimated?
W/D Zach Creggar also made BARBARIAN, which I happened to watch a couple months ago. I admired BARBARIAN for a while before it got totally ridiculous near the end. WEAPONS has all of BARBARIAN's virtues, redoubled, and it doesn't ever lose the plot - in fact, the over-the-top finale feels perfectly orchestrated and quite cathartic. Deciphering the allegorical potential of that finale (and the rest of the film) is a lot more slippery than it was to do likewise for the elegant yet plain-spoken SINNERS. Fortunately WEAPONS still delivers if you take it purely at face value. My wife says it was "terrifying" - I wouldn't go that far but she's a tough nut to crack w/ scary movies...
4.5/5
Creggar, you have our attention!