When an entire class disappears overnight except for one child, panic rips through the community. Enter this twisted nightmare with our Weapons review & reaction!
Which reveals shocked us the most? Which scenes hit even harder once the full picture starts coming into focus? Plus, how do those performances sell the paranoia, grief & mounting horror at the center of Zach Cregger’s latest descent into chaos?
Entertainment analysts Steve Lawson & Jake Parry, plus guest Wyatt Bertolone, break down the scares, themes, standout performances & whether Weapons lives up to the hype as one of modern horror’s most disturbing new entries in this episode of “Popcorn & Root Beer (S2 E2).”
⏰ Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:09:25 MVP of the Movie
00:13:24 Weak Link Award for Who or What Drags the Movie Down
00:22:30 The Portals Scene Award: Best Scene in the Movie
00:25:28 Defying Gravity Award for a Scene that Demands Full Volume
00:28:15 The Blink & You Miss It Gem: Hidden Detail That’s Gold on Rewatch
00:32:58 The McConaughey in Dazed & Confused Vibes-Only Performance Award
00:35:55 Jim Carrey Meter for How Amped Up Did the Star of the Movie Get
00:37:24 Better Title for This Movie?
00:39:50 Would You Survive the Movie?
00:42:12 Ellie From Up Award for a Character Death That Would Devastate the Viewer
00:44:08 Just One Oscar Award
00:44:53 Is This Movie Better With: Gwenyth Paltrow, Joe Peche, Adam Sandler, Viola Davis, Nick Offerman or Jim Carrey?
00:46:57 The Cruise in Collateral Silver-Haired Assassin Award
00:47:35 Thackery Binx Let’s Recast that Role Award
00:50:58 The Sinners Shot of the Film
00:53:03 The LeBron James Decision Award
01:00:18 The Jon M Chu Award for if a Movie Is Long-Winded
01:01:19 15 Minutes of Lame
01:02:49 Trade Deadline Deal
01:06:13 12 on 18 Tin Cup Award for a Surprising Decision by the Film Makers
01:08:57 Prop You’d Want?
01:11:52 Drive-In Double Feature Award
01:12:58 Hot Take Hall of Fame
01:20:43 Legacy Test: Is This Movie Still Essential Today?
01:21:12 Does This Movie Need More Gay People?
01:22:18 Life Lesson
01:25:08 Jared Leto Doing Too Much Award
01:26:00 Is This Movie for the Girlies, the Gays or the Straights?
01:26:26 You Can’t Handle the Truth Quote of the Movie
01:28:45 Mayo to Ghost Pepper How Sexy is this Movie?
01:30:57 Would Having Steven Tyler Appear in This Movie Have Made It Better?
01:32:06 If This Movie Were an Athlete, Who Would It Be?
01:34:00 The Why Didn’t They Just Train Astronauts To Be Miners in Armageddon Award
01:41:33 The “Hey I Know Them” Award
01:42:22 Recasting the Movie as a David Fincher Movie from the 90’s
01:47:13 Final Ratings
01:51:05 Plugs + Outro
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