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Sundance Review: "Weapons" Is Violent, Feels Authentic
by Jen Yamato | January 24, 2007
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Summary

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 the camera for minutes until a figure in the background approaches, pulls out a shotgun, and blows off his head mid-lunch -- splashing a ketchup-red splatter of blood right onto the camera lens. It's a harbinger of what's to come. Back to Article
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h-town24
h-town24 writes:
on Jan 25 2007 07:08 AM

It's DJ Screw, bit DJ Skrew! But anyways, "Weapons" does look good!

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dOiNk
dOiNk writes:
on Jan 25 2007 09:14 AM

[b]here's hoping[/b]
last violent movie i got excited about was History of Violence, and that movie ended up being horrible. Here's hoping this one actually ends up being good.


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RuSH-
RuSH- writes:
on Jan 25 2007 10:13 AM

sounds like a hella good movie a great plot that is very real. The beginning sounds like me and my friends (other than listening to rap), Paul Dano gets another great role in a Sundance film and if his acting is half as good as it was in "Little Miss Sunshine" then this is sure to be a great film!

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the_shadow
the_shadow writes:
on Jan 25 2007 10:27 AM

In reply to this comment (#853943)
really? really really? you thought A History of Violence was horrible? really?

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Sadistik
Sadistik writes:
on Jan 25 2007 10:36 AM

this sounds like a rip-off of Irreversible

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Warner Brown
Warner Brown writes:
on Jan 25 2007 10:59 AM

[b]RIPOFF[/b]
It looks like a total rip-off of "Irreversible," from the beginning part to going backward in time, the rape, etc, etc, that's all lifted & twisted around. What an original filmmaker, pfft


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unbreakable_samurai
unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jan 25 2007 12:40 PM

I think it sounds very good, and that opening scene should get you involved right away. Glad to hear that Dano's got another great role. I doubt if it will feel like Irreversible, I hope not at least.

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GrumpySauce
GrumpySauce writes:
on Jan 25 2007 01:42 PM

In reply to this comment (#853946)
Exactly what I was thinking! Right down to the fire extinguisher.

*yawn*


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osiris3657
osiris3657 writes:
on Jan 25 2007 06:38 PM

Amen to all the people who agree that this is a total rip-off of Irreversible. Irreversible was amazing...

Alpha Dog+Irreversible=Weapons?


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Praz
Praz writes:
on Jan 26 2007 08:21 AM

How come teens really do have unbelievably easy access to drugs, but I can never find any? And DJ Skrew is dead? Thank god, and let his "style" die with him.

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