Category Archives: Safecracking

Army of Thieves (2021)

From IMDB:

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

From Netflix:

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

From Netflix you can waste some possibly fun time streaming this action film which lasts 2 hours and 9 minutes.

Forget zombies because, except for a brief glimpse, this prequel has nothing whatsoever to do with zombies. Instead, its entire goal is to successfully crack open three historical, massive, and well-guarded safes.  At the same time a dedicated French detective is determined to catch the gang of thieves.

Matthias Schweighöfer is brilliant as the talented safecracker  Ludwig Dieter. German audiences are probably more familiar with this actor. As for American audiences, you might recognize Stuart Martin as the thuggish Brad Cage because he plays the Duke in “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” on American TV.

Enjoy the action sequences in this throwaway snack.