Yesterday I checked out Weapons and was really impressed by how good it was. So today I checked out Barbarian.
WHAT THE FUCK was that idiotic shit? The first 45 minutes or so was really good, full of tension and man I was on the edge of my seat.
And then the rest of the movie happened and BWHAHAHA it was so absurd and idiotic.
It is very clear the Creggar has an affinity for creepy looking female monsters but some critter who has lived its entire life in a cave under a house has super strength.
Whatever you do skip this crap.
Agreed that the opening was fantastic, and I thought the owner and flashback bits were great as well. I really only disliked the parts with the super strength 'monster'. The tonal shift from high tension to cartoonish violence undermined the strong introduction.
Weapons was far better as the tonal shift worked better and the over the top ending seemed more 'real' in the setting.