Army of Thievesis the prequel to Zack Snyder’sArmy of the Dead, with it greatly expanding the series, and fans of the Netflix zombie franchise should be excited for this other recently released thriller.Army of the Deadis one of Netflix’s most notable franchises, andwhile it has been dormant for a while now, the franchise’s actors are still doing exciting things with Netflix.
2021’sArmy of the Deadis a zombie heist movie directed by Zack Snyder, with it following a group of mercenaries who break into zombie-infested Las Vegas to pull off a heist.Snyder wantedArmy of the Deadto be a massive franchise, with a sequel and an anime prequel being in the works at various points but never being released.
However,2021’sArmy of Thieveswas eventually released, with it acting as a prequel story that doesn’t focus on zombies. Instead, it follows the team’s safe cracker Ludwig Deiter, with him joining a team to crack some of Europe’s most difficult to break into safes.
The cast ofArmy of Thievesstars Matthias Schweighöfer as Ludwig Dieter and Ruby O. Fee as Korina Dominguez, and the actors have just united again in another Netflix project. Schweighöfer and Dominguez both star in 2025’sBrick, with the German film coming from director Philip Koch.
Bricktells the story of Schweighöfer’s Tim and Dominguez’s Olivia, two individuals who live in an apartment building that suddenly becomes surrounded by a seemingly impenetrable brick wall. The duo works with the apartment’s other inhabitants to get everyone out alive, with them spending the film’s runtime trying to figure out how to escape the apartments.
Although the film is different fromArmy of Thieves,the shared actors and thriller genres mean that there is a lot to love inBrickfor fans of the Zack Snyder franchise.Army of Thieveswas already wildly different fromArmy of the Dead, so it shouldn’t be too hard for fans of the prequel to jump intoBrick.
Brick’s reviews have been divisive, with the film currently having a 35% percent critic score and a 30% percent audience score onRotten Tomatoes. However, fans ofArmy of Thievesshould still check the new Netflix movie out, as it works as a great reunion for two of the prequel’s biggest stars.
