August 9, 2025 • 6 mins
ICYMI: ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Mark Rahner’s review of the new Warner Bros. mystery/horror release “Weapons” in ‘The Rahner Report’ - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI a M six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Mark talks about pontificates about pop culture, Ron and Report
with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
It's Later with Mo Kelly on KF I Am six
forty live everywhere on the iHeart app. I'm Mark Ronner.
This is the Runner Report tonight. We talk about weapons,
and I don't want to tell you too much about weapons,
which is awkward in a movie review, but I'll say
this upfront. It is a slow burning horror mystery. It
took me a while to calm down after it, and
it's going on my best of the Year list. Also,
(00:51):
it doesn't stay slow. I think I actually yelled in
the theater during the final act. Here is some of
the trailer.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
This is a true story that happened in my town.
So this one Wednesday is like a normal day for
the whole school, but today was different. Every other class
had all their kids, but missus Gandy's room was totally empty.
(01:22):
And do you know why, Because the night before, at
two seventeen in the morning, every kid woke up, got
out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark and
they never came back.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Let's just leave that right there. I don't want to
tell you too much. The story, as you heard, revolves
around the disappearance of all but one little kid from
a third grade class. Seventeen of the children just abruptly
walk out of their homes at two seventeen, and nobody
has any idea what the hell happened or where they went.
And as their people's children, it puts the whole town
on edge and puts plenty of suspicion on the teacher
(02:09):
played by Julia Garner, who we just saw as the
Silver Surfer and fantastic four First Steps. And if you
think parents are obnoxious and titled control freak karens at
PTA meetings, just wait till our kids actually disappear. We
see events through the teacher's eyes and then through the
eyes of a handful of other characters. But it's not
repetitive like say Rationimon or one of those irritating time
(02:30):
loop stories. It does require a little patience, and I
thought during the movie at one point, I'm not sure
where this is gone, which is fine, especially compared to
the formula crap were usually given, but it better pay off.
It was late and I was cranky, and it does
pay off. If there was a camera on the audience,
I'd like to see how wide my eyes were during
the movie's climax. Not to say the journey there is
(02:54):
dull on the way. It's deliberate but creepy, filled with dread,
punctuated by some shocks and some violence. By the time
things hit the fan, I felt very expertly manipulated, like
getting off a roller coaster and wanting to high five
the carnie at the controls and maybe tip him an
extra twenty bucks for some meth. You earned it. Bro
(03:14):
Josh Brolin plays the dad of one of the missing kids.
Benedict Wong from the Marvel Movies plays the school principal.
Alden ahren Reich plays local cop with a connection to
Garner's teacher. Nobody in the movie who'd get most people
off their ass individually to the theater. I mean, you
don't hear a lot of people say, honey, I got
his tickets to the new Aaron Reich movie, cancel all
(03:35):
our other plans. And you wouldn't do that for the
new Zach Kreiger movie either. Zach who you're asking. He's
the writer and the director. But I think a lot
of people are going to watch out for his stuff.
After this movie. He did a very respectable little thriller
called Barbarian in twenty twenty two, and was one of
the creators of a show called The Whitest Kids You Know,
which is a comedy. This is a leap ahead of
(03:55):
Barbarian in the same way that Bring Her Back by
the Philipoo Brothers was a leap ahead of their Talk
to Me movie. The stealing and are harming of kids
is one of those taboos that cuts right through everyone's
cynicism and know it all on wei and politics and
culture war garbage. Any threat to your kids will turn
even the mellowest zen people instantly into either the Wolverine
(04:18):
or Lawrence O'Donnell. It's why the horrific Epstein case isn't disappearing,
especially the more we find out about it. Somewhere around
ninety percent of all Americans want those files released, and
you can't usually get that kind of agreement about puppies
or kiddies or black olives on pizza. In fact, ah Okay,
(04:38):
the Fantastic Four movie, Garner wanted to take Read and
Sue's Baby and give it to Galactus and that is
when things started hitting the fan. It's something of a
horror staple, and Stephen King's Storm of the Century came
to mind more than once durring Weapons, but just as
maybe a distant cousin, Weapons does have some King DNA
running through it. Though I should add there's humor in
(05:00):
the movie, but it's definitely integrated into the story and
it isn't a horror comedy coming. It comes mainly from
the behaviors of the people in this little town. In
that way, Weapons is an antidote to stuff like that
idiotic Final Destination film we talked about here not long ago.
Not every single thing is answered by the end of
the movie, but enough is and that kind of has
the effect of making you feel like one of the
(05:22):
characters who's POV shapes the chapters. I thought it was clever.
None of them likely as one hundred percent of the picture,
but they know when their life's in danger and the
only thing to grab nearby is a potato peeler. That's right,
a potato peeler. See, you've got that to look forward to.
And that elliptical structure really makes the movie. It's the
work of world class tease who knows when to stop teasing,
(05:43):
and how do I say this and remain employed bring
the hammer down. If you try to imagine the story
just playing out chronologically after you've seen the movie, it
either doesn't work or it might seem kind of silly,
as opposed to a large dread sandwich washed down with
a pint of Holy crap. I haven't said anything about
the central performs in the movie or who gives it
because I want you to be as surprised as I was.
(06:03):
I'll say it's something that could have tipped into SNL's
skit territory but wound up being creepy and chilling, and
still might pop up on SNL. I think maybe like
Nicholas Cage in that recent Long Legs movie. It does
shift the movie into more tales from the crypt territory
and the final act, which is as close as I'm
going to get to spoiling anything at all for you. However,
(06:25):
you should get a ring cam and put micro chips
in your kids until they're twenty one, just to be
on the safe side. Glowing recommendation Moe, five potato peelers,
and just one more thing. Following our ongoing conversation about
all the commercials and previews the theater chains are inflicting
on us. It was a half hour after the listed
star time that the movie actually started playing. What are
(06:46):
we doing here? There's your Runner report
Speaker 1 (06:50):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI a M six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Mark talks about pontificates about pop culture, Ron and Report
with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
It's Later with Mo Kelly on KF I Am six
forty live everywhere on the iHeart app. I'm Mark Ronner.
This is the Runner Report tonight. We talk about weapons,
and I don't want to tell you too much about weapons,
which is awkward in a movie review, but I'll say
this upfront. It is a slow burning horror mystery. It
took me a while to calm down after it, and
it's going on my best of the Year list. Also,
(00:51):
it doesn't stay slow. I think I actually yelled in
the theater during the final act. Here is some of
the trailer.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
This is a true story that happened in my town.
So this one Wednesday is like a normal day for
the whole school, but today was different. Every other class
had all their kids, but missus Gandy's room was totally empty.
(01:22):
And do you know why, Because the night before, at
two seventeen in the morning, every kid woke up, got
out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark and
they never came back.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Let's just leave that right there. I don't want to
tell you too much. The story, as you heard, revolves
around the disappearance of all but one little kid from
a third grade class. Seventeen of the children just abruptly
walk out of their homes at two seventeen, and nobody
has any idea what the hell happened or where they went.
And as their people's children, it puts the whole town
on edge and puts plenty of suspicion on the teacher
(02:09):
played by Julia Garner, who we just saw as the
Silver Surfer and fantastic four First Steps. And if you
think parents are obnoxious and titled control freak karens at
PTA meetings, just wait till our kids actually disappear. We
see events through the teacher's eyes and then through the
eyes of a handful of other characters. But it's not
repetitive like say Rationimon or one of those irritating time
(02:30):
loop stories. It does require a little patience, and I
thought during the movie at one point, I'm not sure
where this is gone, which is fine, especially compared to
the formula crap were usually given, but it better pay off.
It was late and I was cranky, and it does
pay off. If there was a camera on the audience,
I'd like to see how wide my eyes were during
the movie's climax. Not to say the journey there is
(02:54):
dull on the way. It's deliberate but creepy, filled with dread,
punctuated by some shocks and some violence. By the time
things hit the fan, I felt very expertly manipulated, like
getting off a roller coaster and wanting to high five
the carnie at the controls and maybe tip him an
extra twenty bucks for some meth. You earned it. Bro
(03:14):
Josh Brolin plays the dad of one of the missing kids.
Benedict Wong from the Marvel Movies plays the school principal.
Alden ahren Reich plays local cop with a connection to
Garner's teacher. Nobody in the movie who'd get most people
off their ass individually to the theater. I mean, you
don't hear a lot of people say, honey, I got
his tickets to the new Aaron Reich movie, cancel all
(03:35):
our other plans. And you wouldn't do that for the
new Zach Kreiger movie either. Zach who you're asking. He's
the writer and the director. But I think a lot
of people are going to watch out for his stuff.
After this movie. He did a very respectable little thriller
called Barbarian in twenty twenty two, and was one of
the creators of a show called The Whitest Kids You Know,
which is a comedy. This is a leap ahead of
(03:55):
Barbarian in the same way that Bring Her Back by
the Philipoo Brothers was a leap ahead of their Talk
to Me movie. The stealing and are harming of kids
is one of those taboos that cuts right through everyone's
cynicism and know it all on wei and politics and
culture war garbage. Any threat to your kids will turn
even the mellowest zen people instantly into either the Wolverine
(04:18):
or Lawrence O'Donnell. It's why the horrific Epstein case isn't disappearing,
especially the more we find out about it. Somewhere around
ninety percent of all Americans want those files released, and
you can't usually get that kind of agreement about puppies
or kiddies or black olives on pizza. In fact, ah Okay,
(04:38):
the Fantastic Four movie, Garner wanted to take Read and
Sue's Baby and give it to Galactus and that is
when things started hitting the fan. It's something of a
horror staple, and Stephen King's Storm of the Century came
to mind more than once durring Weapons, but just as
maybe a distant cousin, Weapons does have some King DNA
running through it. Though I should add there's humor in
(05:00):
the movie, but it's definitely integrated into the story and
it isn't a horror comedy coming. It comes mainly from
the behaviors of the people in this little town. In
that way, Weapons is an antidote to stuff like that
idiotic Final Destination film we talked about here not long ago.
Not every single thing is answered by the end of
the movie, but enough is and that kind of has
the effect of making you feel like one of the
(05:22):
characters who's POV shapes the chapters. I thought it was clever.
None of them likely as one hundred percent of the picture,
but they know when their life's in danger and the
only thing to grab nearby is a potato peeler. That's right,
a potato peeler. See, you've got that to look forward to.
And that elliptical structure really makes the movie. It's the
work of world class tease who knows when to stop teasing,
(05:43):
and how do I say this and remain employed bring
the hammer down. If you try to imagine the story
just playing out chronologically after you've seen the movie, it
either doesn't work or it might seem kind of silly,
as opposed to a large dread sandwich washed down with
a pint of Holy crap. I haven't said anything about
the central performs in the movie or who gives it
because I want you to be as surprised as I was.
(06:03):
I'll say it's something that could have tipped into SNL's
skit territory but wound up being creepy and chilling, and
still might pop up on SNL. I think maybe like
Nicholas Cage in that recent Long Legs movie. It does
shift the movie into more tales from the crypt territory
and the final act, which is as close as I'm
going to get to spoiling anything at all for you. However,
(06:25):
you should get a ring cam and put micro chips
in your kids until they're twenty one, just to be
on the safe side. Glowing recommendation Moe, five potato peelers,
and just one more thing. Following our ongoing conversation about
all the commercials and previews the theater chains are inflicting
on us. It was a half hour after the listed
star time that the movie actually started playing. What are
(06:46):
we doing here? There's your Runner report
Speaker 1 (06:50):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty
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