Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and tragically reveals how they are all interrelated.
Acting
Paul Dano's pre-There Will Be Blood intensity is absolutely unhinged.
Direction
Bhala Lough crafts chaos with surprising formal control.
Writing
Dialogue so raw it feels illegally obtained from actual teenagers.
Director
Adam Bhala Lough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 18 days on a shoestring budget in North Carolina, with many locals cast in small roles for authenticity.
Premiered at Sundance 2007 alongside 'Paranoid Park' and 'Hounddog,' part of a grim wave of teen-violence indies that studios quickly abandoned.
US
