‘Weapons’ (dir. Zach Cregger) | Warner Bros (8/8)

[-DMP-]

Am I tripping, I thought Archer asked if the FBI was involved and the police chief said they were working together closely or some shyt like they. Or did I hear wrong?

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

So was Gladys really the kid's aunt???

That's what me and my homie was thinking

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

I'm curious to see how audiences react. The IMAX showing I went to may have had like 12-15 people in that big ass room. By the third act there were a couple people in there crying/sobbing and not gonna lie...I had some slight water in my eye at one point lol.

What movie yall was watching? You sure it was weapons?

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Interesting, people in my theater were laughing at certain parts.

Spoiler

When Josh Brolin's character kept hitting and throwing the druggie around and he kept getting up.

Whole 3rd act was pure comedy at various points

 

[BlackMajik]

That's what me and my homie was thinking

Yea so many unanswered questions

 

[Lord Beasley]

fukking fire ….. just like barbarian…. Way better than Hereditary also

no

 

[High quality poster]

Breh, wtf did I just watch ?

Very unserious but very entertaining I guess

 

[Scaaar]

Spoiler

Gladys was moving the kids around whenever she needed to. She was shown doing this when the detectives came to the house to look around again. Right after Justine told Marcus that Alex's parents were zombies on the couch, Marcus told investigators and they sent people to the house. Marcus unknowningly spilled the beans to Gladys when he met with Gladys at the school during the conversation about "consumption". So Gladys told Alex to clean up and take the newpapers off the windows and she moved the kids that night temporarily.

But you're still neglecting the entire manhunt to include dogs. So you're telling me these 17 kids are just running around the city like an airplane to evade the cops to include dogs trained on their scent. Then they just came back to the house and the dogs just lost their scent you're putting more work in to fill these plot holes than the director

 

[8WON6]

But you're still neglecting the entire manhunt to include dogs. So you're telling me these 17 kids are just running around the city like an airplane to evade the cops to include dogs trained on their scent. Then they just came back to the house and the dogs just lost their scent you're putting more work in to fill these plot holes than the director

I think you're over estimating how powerful a bloodhound's tracking ability is.


There is no plot hole here. LMAO

I can't believe i have to do all this because yall don't want to admit stuff.

Bloodhounds: The Myth and Fiction About Their Tracking Abilities

Before I wrote this article I talked with a number of friends who are police K9 instructors in North America and Europe. I consider these men experts in the field of training police tracking dogs. I have spent time at the RCMP police dog school in Innesfail Alberta (the finest police tracking...

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Bloodhounds: The Myth and Fiction About Their Tracking Abilities​

By Ed Frawley

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When the average civilian thinks of a tracking dog they picture a bloodhound for one reason: the media. Just as people think of German Shepherds as police dogs the same people think of bloodhounds as trackers. I disagree with the credit this breed is given for its scenting ability, especially when compared to other working dogs. I am not a fan of undeserved repudiations or bad police work, which is why I also don't agree with the claims that many bloodhound handlers (not all) make concerning the scenting ability of this breed of dogs.

Before I wrote this article, I talked with a number of friends who are police K9 instructors in North America and Europe. I consider these men experts in the field of training police tracking dogs. I have spent time at the RCMP police dog school in Innesfail Alberta (the finest police tracking school in North America) and at both federal police dog schools in Holland (Rotterdam and Nunspeet). To a man, the men I have talked with agree with what I am going to write in this article.

Let me begin by saying that I am not claiming that Bloodhounds cannot track. A well-trained bloodhound that has good drive can track just as well as any other breed of working dog. What I am saying is that just because they are bloodhounds does not mean that they can track. Too many beginners (and department administrators) in this business miss that point. They don't understand that "drive, nerves, and desire" play a very important part in a dog's ability to be trained to follow a track. In addition, bloodhounds cannot perform the superhuman feats that many inexperienced bloodhound handlers claim they can.

For example:

• They cannot follow tracks any better than any other good tracking dog.
• They cannot consistently use a scent article to pick up a track and follow it.
• They cannot follow tracks on concrete that are a couple of days old in a downtown metropolitan area.
• They cannot follow people who have gotten into cars and driven down the highway.
• Bloodhounds cannot smell human blood or human urine and then scent discriminates that person from a lineup.
• They also cannot follow a track that is a couple of hours old and then pick the person they were following from a lineup.

And again like i said. Gladys showed in the movie that she would use her powers to move the kids when people started getting close.

 

[NobodyReally]

Out of curiosity… how is this better than Sinners to you?

Honestly they are two completely different types of movies. If I don’t have to compare them I would say it’s not fair. Sinners is a brilliant historical horror with Afrofuturistic elements. It has really well developed characters and relationships that make the vampire reveal much more satisfying and compelling than many modern horror films. I also love the way Coogler used the story to paint an allegory of outsider infiltration, assimilation, and cultural appropriation while also fleshing out the full humanity of Black life during this time period. The movie does so much on multiple levels, it really is one of a kind to me. Which is why I saw it multiple times in the theater.

That being said, Weapons is also really different and fresh with its use of multiple points of views, the way the characters have room to be explored and their complexity. They feel like real people. Also the weaving of these viewpoints into an evolving mystery that keeps you guessing until the crazy reveal is masterfully executed. And when it all comes together, you realize this is an old school Grimm fairytale passed down for generations brought to life in a new way for film. I was just blown away by the actual craft of storytelling and execution with this movie. It’s also unsettling in a very different way. Perhaps because the kind of occult stuff Gladys used seemed very practical and old that felt realistic which actually creeps me out more than vampires. Then there’s that ending. It was so satisfying but also shocking because films usually just don’t depict things like that, especially involving children.

So yeah basically I love both films but if I was pressed I’d put Weapons over Sinners in terms of overall storytelling but Sinners is its own thing and can’t really be replaced because there’s nothing like it about US.

 

[Scaaar]

I think you're over estimating how powerful a bloodhound's tracking ability is.


There is no plot hole here. LMAO

I can't believe i have to do all this because yall don't want to admit stuff.

Bloodhounds: The Myth and Fiction About Their Tracking Abilities

Before I wrote this article I talked with a number of friends who are police K9 instructors in North America and Europe. I consider these men experts in the field of training police tracking dogs. I have spent time at the RCMP police dog school in Innesfail Alberta (the finest police tracking...

leerburg.com

And again like i said. Gladys showed in the movie that she would use her powers to move the kids when people started getting close.

So now you're saying that she moved the kids outta town when literally this entire story took place over a month lol. So this old weird looking lady just driving 17 kids around the city that are missing and they are actively giving an award for
..ok lol. They showed all of the kids come to their house that night at 2:17am and then he showed up to school the same morning. So the police started searching for them immediately with the dogs because you know...17 kids were missing... You bringing up the bloodhound data to back up the plot holes that people with common sense called out. Again I say you're doing more work to expound on the movie than the director. They should have made you a paid member of the writing team. You're working OT to do their job

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The only thing I can see on why this would be compared to 'Sinners' is that they are both original movies released in 2025 and both went on to have rave reviews and great box office success.

But it's funny because Warner Bros. made both of these films so they just happy that both are great, as should everyone else..

 

[8WON6]

So now you're saying that she moved the kids outta town when literally this entire story took place over a month lol. So this old weird looking lady just driving 17 kids around the city that are missing and they are actively giving an award for
..ok lol. They showed all of the kids come to their house that night at 2:17am and then he showed up to school the same morning. So the police started searching for them immediately with the dogs because you know...17 kids were missing... You bringing up the bloodhound data to back up the plot holes that people with common sense called out. Again I say you're doing more work to expound on the movie than the director. They should have made you a paid member of the writing team. You're working OT to do their job

i didn't say outta town. LMAO
Again, she clearly was moving the kids around somewhere, they literally show it in the movie. what the fukk are you talking about? You're plot hole doesn't exist. They literally show flashback scenes of the investigation, and they show Gladys moving the kids around. You do realize about a month happens between* the kids disappearing and when this movie begins, right? There are multiple scenes of investigators talking to Alex, his dad, and Gladys. Gladys was clearly one step ahead of them and she has powers strong enough to invade people's dreams.



These directors and writers go out of their way to cover this shyt and people on the internet think they outsmarted shyt.


edit: and I like how you went from "how can they outsmart dogs?" to "oh so they outta town?"

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I think you're over estimating how powerful a bloodhound's tracking ability is.


There is no plot hole here. LMAO

I can't believe i have to do all this because yall don't want to admit stuff.

Bloodhounds: The Myth and Fiction About Their Tracking Abilities

Before I wrote this article I talked with a number of friends who are police K9 instructors in North America and Europe. I consider these men experts in the field of training police tracking dogs. I have spent time at the RCMP police dog school in Innesfail Alberta (the finest police tracking...

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And again like i said. Gladys showed in the movie that she would use her powers to move the kids when people started getting close.

Posts like this are when these threads go off the rails

 

[SchoolboyC]

Just came out of seeing it, I give it a 8.5/10. Out of the films I’ve seen in theaters so far this year I rank it 3rd behind Sinners & F1

Spoiler

The end sequence with the kids chasing her through the neighborhood was so satisfying. Especially loved the side commentary from the ppl. When Brolin came in “Oh my god there’s a man now!”

How the addict kept getting up

One thing I’m wondering tho and I haven’t read through the entire thread but how is it that Brolin’s character immediately went back to normal when she died but no one else. Is it because he had just turned?