Mike Flanagan directs Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jacob Tremblay in this magical realist drama set around the slow end of a world.

Flanagan’s house style is patient. Melodrama, monologue and cosmic tumblers clicking into place. So… much like Weapons, the drip feed nature of the storytelling does grate on the occasions when you are ahead of the reveal. It is all just a beat too drawn out. The positive I went home with was there was a lot less Tom Hiddleston than the marketing suggested. Damp praise? The ensemble is cosy and comforting, there are some visually exciting sequences. But we don’t need any propaganda that white kids invented the moonwalk, thank you very much Quantum Leap!

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Perfect Double Bill: Weapons (2025)