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Weapons (2007)

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Average Rating:2.8/10

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Reggie (Nick Cannon) is a young, responsible African American man about to have his first job interview when he spies a shiner on his little sister's face and becomes obsessed with finding a gun to... Reggie (Nick Cannon) is a young, responsible African American man about to have his first job interview when he spies a shiner on his little sister's face and becomes obsessed with finding a gun to exact revenge. Sean (Mark Webber) comes home from his first year in college to find that his old friends Chris (Paul Dano) and Jason (Riley Smith) are still playing basketball, getting into fights, getting high, and trying to hook up with high school girls. One day, Sean notices that Chris has started to travel around town with a shotgun packed in the back of his truck. Violent youth culture gets an explosive, provocative update with Adam Bhala Lough's raw and stylized Weapons. Authentically depicting the myopic rhythms of American blue-collar suburban youth, Bhala Lough skillfully unravels the motivations of a group of teenagers who become enmeshed in a series of brutal, seemingly random, youth killings over the course of an intoxicated weekend. A haunted hip-hop soundtrack drenches this insightful study of teenage character and value systems in a world where everyone seems to have a gun, but the most dangerous weapon is the one unleashed by tender things broken inside innocent hearts. -- Sundance Film Festival [More]

Starring: Nick Cannon, Paul Dano, Mark Webber, Riley Smith

Starring: Nick Cannon, Paul Dano, Mark Webber, Riley Smith, Regine Nehy, Jade Yorker, Amy Ferguson, Arliss Howard, Toni Trucks

Director: Adam Bhala Lough

Director: Adam Bhala Lough

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one slice of life that I hope to never see in my town

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02/03/07
Film Threat

The filmmaker and his actors have skill. What they don't have is something to say.

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02/02/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
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One of the weakest films at this year's Sundance dramatic competition, Weapons is a violent crimer that rehashes familiar turf of the "youth, crime and neighborhood" movie genre, better and deeper explored in numerous indies of the past 15 years.

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01/29/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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It's basically just another "teens hate everyone, especially each other" story.

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01/26/07
Scott Weinberg
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What this childish wallow was doing in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance only Robert Redford’s minions know.

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01/25/07
Ray Greene
Ray Greene
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These are not characters most people can sympathy with. One tends to watch dispassionately as the inevitable plays out.

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01/25/07
James Greenberg
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The acting isn't the sole disappointment, the writing and directing was just as bad.

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01/25/07
Zack Haddad
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January 24, 2007: Sundance Review: "Weapons" Is Violent, Feels Authentic
Adam Bhala Lough's "Weapons" has an opening to remember. A teenager sits in a fast food joint eating a hamburger, chewing blithely away in slow motion. He sits facing... More...

January 23, 2007: Sundance News: "Son of Rambow" Is Fest's Biggest Sale; "How She Move," "The Signal," Others Also Acquired
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