The movie everyone is talking about lately is Zach Cregger's Weapons. It's a horrifying and hilarious look at the disappearance of kids from a neighborhood and everyone who is implicated in the crime. For me, the thing I want to talk to other people about is that wild and wacky ending that is so much fun. So, today, we're going to unpack that. Spoilers for Weapons to follow. Let's dive in. The Weapons PlotThe central mystery of Weapons revolves around the simultaneous vanishing of all but one child from a single elementary school class at 2:17 in the morning. That disturbing instance throws an entire community into a state of panic, with the children's teacher, Justine (played by Julia Garner), and the father of a missing boy, Archer (played by Josh Brolin), at the forefront of the desperate search for answers and the target of a lot of ire. As the narrative unfolds, we learn that the disappearance happened because of the work of a witch named Gladys, who has been posing as the eccentric aunt of the lone remaining student, Alex. All of the kids in the class are in Alex's basement, and Gladys uses a spell to trick the cops and everyone who looks for them. Gladys is draining the life force of the children to sustain her own life. To do all this, she takes a personal item from each child, performs a spell, and gains control over them.The Ending of Weapons The film's final act sees...
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