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Weapons (2025)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Weapons poster

Overview

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.


Starring Cast


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive

Overview

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film is rated as neutral because the director explicitly states it deliberately avoids a direct political message, focusing instead on personal grief, trauma, and the weaponization of people without prescribing a political stance or agenda.

The film features visible diversity, including a gay couple, and explores social structures through a critique of family dysfunction. While diversity is present, there are no explicit recastings of traditionally white roles, and the narrative offers a nuanced rather than explicitly critical portrayal of traditional identities.

Secondary

The film portrays Marcus and Terry as a stable and tender gay couple, integrating their queer identity authentically within the narrative. Despite facing horror elements, these challenges are external, and the film maintains a respectful and empathetic stance, affirming the worth of their lives and love.

Weapons portrays transsexual and queer characters with nuance and respect within its dark horror narrative. The film avoids stereotypes, emphasizing their humanity and complexity, and has been recognized for advancing queer representation in genre cinema. This approach has been positively received by LGBTQ+ audiences and industry executives.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "Weapons" (2025) is an original production with no known prior source material or established characters. Therefore, no characters exist who could have their gender swapped from a previous canon.

No information indicates 'Weapons' (2025) is an adaptation of existing material with established characters, nor is there any mention of a character's race being altered from a prior depiction. Thus, no race swap can be identified.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.5
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.3
Metacritic logo
8.1

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