Movie; Army of Thieves Caution; Spoiler Alert

 

Army of Thieves

Came out; 2021

Time; 2 hour 7 minutes

Watched: Netflix

Rating; TV-14

IMDB Rating; 6.4/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Matthias Schweighofer as Dieter

Natalie Emmanuel as Gwendoline

Ruby O. Fee as Korina

Stuart Martins as Brad

Guz Khan as Rolph

Jonathon Cohen as Delacroix

Story Line;

A prequel, set before the events of Army of the Dead, which focuses on German safe cracker Ludwig Dieter leading a group of aspiring thieves on a top secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse

Thoughts;

I loved Army of the Dead, it was such an awesome unique spin on zombies. Dieter was so funny in the first one, so this movie really was an origin story.

Sebastian aka Dieter starts off with a normal boring job and his day to day isn't what he is looking for. He is posting YouTube videos of his skills and he catches the eye of Gwendoline, she invites me to a safe cracking competition which he wins and the rest goes from there. All the while the events in Las Vegas is playing on the news with the start of the Zombie apocalypse

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Plot Summary;

After charming audiences as the wisecracking hero Dieter in Zack Snyder's zombie blockbuster Army of the Dead, Matthias Schweighöfer takes center stage in the film's prequel, which he also directs. Ditching the undead, Army of Thieves puts a modern spin on classic heist films with European flair and an unlikely love story. Produced by Snyder and co-starring Nathalie Emmanuel (the Fast and the Furious franchise), Army of Thieves chronicles the harrowing adventures that transformed Dieter from a sheepish German bank teller named Sebastian into the badass safe-cracker who became a fan-favorite character in Army of the Dead.

Sebastian's impassioned YouTube videos about the fabled safes designed by the locksmith Hans Wagner (Christian Steyer) catch the eye of Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel), a beguiling career criminal whose take-no-prisoners exterior belies a desire to love and be loved. To Dieter's shock, Gwen enlists him to be part of her motley crew of some of Interpol's most wanted: the jack-of-all-trades Korina (Ruby O. Fee), rugged bad boy Brad (Stuart Martin), and getaway sidekick Rolph (Guz Khan). As the five misfits zigzag across Europe cracking a trio of impenetrable vaults known as the Ring Cycle - Das Rheingold, the Valkyrie, and the Siegfried - French law-enforcement officials Delacroix (Jonathan Cohen) and Beatrix (Noémie Nakai) are hot on their trail. Anchored by a simmering romance between Dieter and Gwen, Army of Thieves broadens the scope of Snyder's Army Universe while staying true to its vision as its own movie.