Review of Army of Thieves (2021) by Tvjerry — 10 Nov 2021

This film traces the origin of the German safecracker in Army of the Dead (his character was the best thing about that movie (my review). Matthias Schweighöfer plays this geeky charmer, whose obsession with safes lands him on a heist to rob 3 of them in several days.

Schweighöfer’s comic skills create a simply delightful, slightly clueless individual. The story is basic heist structure, but Schweighöfer, who also directed, keeps the pace up and provides sufficient thrills and surprises to make this an entertaining crime caper with an idiosyncratic character at the center.