Weapons :

Zach Cregger's follow-up to The Barbarian cements his reputation as a horror master.

Brian Tallerico:

Cregger divides his story into character-driven chapters, giving it a more ensemble feel than if the narrative had moved in a straight line. So, after learning about Justine’s traumatic existence, which sets a tone for the film with an excellently prickly performance from the “Ozark” Emmy winner, we jump back in time to learn more about Archer Graff ( Josh Brolin ), the devastated father of one of the missing children.

Some of the events from Justine’s story converge with Archer’s, allowing us to see them in a different light. Some will surely argue that this sort of narrative gamesmanship is a shallow trick, but I see it as a feature, not a bug. It’s a film driven by comp

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