A ★★★★½ review of Weapons (2025)

Justine is a dedicated elementary school teacher. One day she shows up to class and there’s only one student in the class. Seventeen (17!!) of the students have disappeared, having all run out of their houses at 2:17 a.m., some of which is caught on Ring alarm video. Because Justine has a checkered past, the community is up in arms, thinking that Justine is somehow responsible. The authorities, however, don’t believe there’s a connection. First off, any film that opens with George Harrison’s Beware of Darkness already gets an extra half-star from me. Ryan Cregger’s new horror film is an