‘Army of Thieves’ movie review: Netflix prequel makes for a goofy and fun heist drama
Director-actor Schweighöfer injects a substantial amount of verve, attraction and romance into this spin-off of Zack Snyder’s ‘Military of the Useless’
Set someday earlier than the occasions of Zack Snyder’s Military of the Useless, Military of Thieves whereas missing within the essential Z issue, is goofy and enjoyable however. Whereas zombies are roaring and rampaging in Las Vegas — consuming up intrepid tv reporters on the way in which, Sebastian Schlencht-Wöhnert (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a teller at a financial institution in Potsdam, Germany.
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His solely break from his boring life is posting his safecracking movies on YouTube, which haven’t any views till he has one and a mysterious message. Sebastian is invited to safecracking event, which he wins and is then recruited by a gorgeous jewel thief (they’re at all times handsome) Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel).
Gwendoline affords Sebastian a means out of his humdrum life by conquering the Mount Everest of safecracking — the three safes created by Hans Wagner (Christian Steyer). The locksmith truly created 4 safes named after his musical namesake’s well-known Ring cycle operas – The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. The final secure has vanished off the face of the earth. What are the probabilities that it will floor in a sure on line casino vault in zombie-infested Las Vegas, contemplating the safes belong to billionaire Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada)?
Military of Thieves
- Director: Matthias Schweighöfer
- Solid: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Charge, Stuart Martin, Guz Khan, Jonathan Cohen, Christian Steyer
- Storyline: An origin story for the safecracker within the ‘Military of the Useless’ universe
- Period: 127 minutes
Sebastian meets the remainder of the crew, which incorporates hacker Korina (Ruby O. Charge), getaway driver Rolph (Guz Khan) and muscle Brad Cage (Stuart Martin). The three safes are in banks in Paris, Prague and St. Moritz. As at all times, there’s a deadline and the crew need to hit the safes in three days as they’ll be decommissioned after that. The well-known 5 are doggedly pursued by an obsessed Interpol agent, Delacroix (Jonathan Cohen).
The music of Military of Thieves displays its Snyder pedigree; he has written the story and is without doubt one of the producers. Hans Zimmer has created a peppy opera-infused rating that has Wagner trending — Inspector Morse will certainly be happy. Whereas the film affords nothing new within the heist style, and requires prior information of Military of the Useless, director-actor Schweighöfer injects a substantial amount of verve, attraction and romance into the movie.
Military of Thieves is at present streaming on Netflix
