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movie files elliott back again with a
brand new netflix movie review and today
we'll be breaking down the new action
heist film by the name of army of
thieves which is the prequel to the big
hit zombie film that came out earlier
this year on netflix by the name of army
of the dead really excited to let you
all know what i thought about this
prequel let you know if it's worth
checking out all in this spoiler-free
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know of army of thieves who's a film you
are excited to check out on netflix but
more importantly once you've seen it
what you think about it did you enjoy
the heist element the action the the
laughs the new characters did you feel
like it build on the world that zack
snyder made in army of the dead and have
this kind of snyder verse being built
with this universe did you enjoy that
element or were you disappointed are you
not excited to learn more about this
world let's talk about it in the
comments below so i guess i should just
flat out say it because netflix and zack
snyder and all the promotion just a
couple days ago just let you all know
this film isn't about zombies it is a
little bit which we'll talk about in
this review but just my anticipation
level my excitement level for this film
i was looking forward to it because
number one i reviewed army and the dead
you can check it out and leave it on the
screen somewhere now if you guys didn't
see my review on the film but more
importantly i enjoyed this character
dieter i thought that he was fun it was
really unique to see him in this group
of badasses him being a little bit more
timid a little bit more scared but more
importantly he was the crack safer he
was great at his job and to not spoil
the film we'll see what comes of the
future of that character but neither
here nor there i was excited to see what
they had to do i was really excited to
see the world maybe get more expanded
maybe hint at zeus and the bride and how
the apocalypse started did the film live
up to his expectations let's break it
all down starting off my positives first
and foremost the actor who's also the
director of this film matthias who is
back to play dieter and we kind of
learned a little bit of his origins
learned a little bit of his real name i
really enjoyed that element because
again i really enjoyed that character
from army and the dead and if you
enjoyed the character like i did i think
you're going to really enjoy his
characterizations and learning more
about the character in this film him
being able to have more fun learning
about why he became crack safer how he
was able to specialize and really kind
of hone into his skills was really a fun
journey to go into and just even taking
the characteristics of dieter and
implementing in the direction of this
film again matthias who plays the
character is the director's film you
kind of get those vibes and
sensibilities of just kind of whacking
his fun kind of you know untraditional
ways of filmmaking because this is a
heist film so i like that the director
and also the writer who also the writer
of this film was the co-writer with zack
steiner of army of the dead they poke
fun of the genre right now and i always
appreciate when a film can play within
genres but also be self-aware of what
they're getting into we've seen our our
handful or me i love heist films i've
seen a ton of heist movies this movie
pokes fun of the genre right it pokes
fun of the montage of like the sequence
before the sequence like okay this is
how the heist is going to go and we see
how it plays out we're gonna have the
stereotypical you know uh chase scene
but a very kind of funny bike chase
scene instead for cars and action all
this stuff so i did
enjoy the direction how mathias was able
to play on the genre and kind of play on
the tropes and have fun with it but also
learning more about the adida character
was really fun but also another thing
that i want to take away from as far as
a positive and i'm a big fan of this
actress natalie manuel now i'm a fan of
her for my game of thrones days and i'm
a fan of her as an actress number one i
think she's very talented but i'm not
gonna lie
i have a pretty pretty pretty big crush
on her as well so i always love seeing
that pretty face on screen but even
taking that aside i did find her
character gwendolyn to be a pretty
interesting character you learn about
her you learn about her crew what got
her in the heist business why she's on
this mission with dieter who we learned
his real identity in this film why
they're on this mission what it means to
her so i really thought that her
character was intriguing her chemistry
with dieter was really unique and the
the nerdy geekish kind of keep to
himself character how they slowly have
this type of interest in one another was
very interesting to see that kind of
play out so i really enjoyed her
elements of the film and other things
that i do want to mention in my
positives going back to how this
connected to army of the dead without
swelling thing film doesn't like
force army of the dead in the film but
it does have like hints and little
easter eggs in the backdrop you can see
news stations playing in regards to some
of the
zombies coming about there's also a
couple characters that make an
appearance or their names dropped in
this film so i do like how the film
doesn't like beat you over the head of
in regards to
yes army of the dead came before this
and you should know this and that and
the other i think this if you haven't
seen the army and this film will
probably lead you into watching it but i
don't feel like it was overbearing where
it was like distracting the narrative
that this film was trying to say so
that's something i definitely want to
put in my positives but i do got to
touch on some negatives here
i did have a fun time with the film but
i'm not gonna lie i thought the two hour
and eight minute two hour and ten minute
run time was way too long for this film
this film to me easily could have been
like an hour 45 max there was definitely
moments that i thought they could have
took it out of the movie there were like
these little
montages that the film gave us in
regards to who this person is where they
came about showing us certain things
that i thought could have been slimmed
out a lot and kind of touching on that
same thing in regards to certain
characters i mentioned how gwyndolin was
part of a group i'm not gonna lie ladies
and gentlemen i was not a fan of anyone
outside of gwyndolin there is a
gentleman by the name of brad cage who
it's funny because he gets his name from
brad pitt and nicholas cage and he's
like the superhero the the good guy of
the story of a certain extent the leader
of the group was not a fan of that
character i get the poke in front of the
character i'm referring to i guess just
to say i wasn't a fan of the actor i
didn't think the actor was good at all
he looked like hugh jackman but like a
poor man hugh jackman in the acting
department the the getaway driver i like
that actor i seen him in some other
stuff i thought that he was kind of
wasted and really didn't add much to the
narrative the hacker of the group i've
seen her in previous films i didn't find
her actually that good so unfortunately
when you get in these heist films you
want to root for the group you want to
know everyone's unique skills and i just
feel like that was just too on the nose
and unfortunately the acting just didn't
really work for me from those performers
speaking of another performance the good
guy of the story the policemen the
french policemen that were following the
story
oh my goodness and i know again the
film's very self-aware the film knows
what it's doing but still even if you're
self-aware that doesn't make it
better right just because the film knows
that it's poking fun in the genre and
knows that it has like stereotypical
characters you still have to execute on
the performance and i thought that just
like i mentioned with the brad cage
character and the hacker and the the
getaway driver i thought that the french
guy was just too
too on the nose and just really didn't
give me much and i wasn't rooting for
him like he was supposed to be we're
supposed to see it through his eyes we
want him to catch essentially we're
rooting for the bad guys in the film
with dieter and the crew but we're
supposed to be like oh okay the cop we
want him to catch them but i never felt
that i really didn't care for the cop at
all i really wish they didn't focus so
much time on him because i really was
like checked out whenever we checked in
on that character so that's a criticism
and i gotta say when it comes to this
story
again i feel like it was way too long of
a film but in regards to the narrative
at hand
the heist and and why we're doing what
we're doing and the kind of the love
story that's thrown in there or the love
triangle i feel like the film tried to
do a little bit too much than what it
had to do i really thought that it could
have been a more unique a little bit
more kind of simple story but at the
same time i feel like the film just
tried to add too many layers of like
okay again let's throw in a love story
let's throw in you know feeling bad for
past characters and where they come from
i feel like the film tried to throw too
much into the narrative that really just
didn't stick to landing for me so before
i give you all my overall thoughts and
let you know if it's worth checking out
on netflix when it comes available this
friday before we do all that make sure
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the channel overall army of thieves i
did had a fun time with it i did applaud
the film poking fun of the heist genre i
am a big fan of the dieter character and
also gwyndolin i did think that this
film expanded upon the world that zack
snyder has already created an army of
the dead unfortunately some of the other
characters didn't really work for me the
narrative felt a little bit convoluted
at times and i thought the run time is
way too long but with all that being
said i still had a good time with army
of thieves and that's why i'm gonna give
this film a three out of five something
fun nothing that you'd necessarily have
to watch right away but if you are a fan
of army and the dead if you are a fan of
zack snyder in this particular steiner
verse i think this is something you all
would enjoy watching with that being
said let me know what you all thought of
the film once you've seen it your pros
your cons your thoughts on the
characters the narrative how this kid
set the stage for future films let's
talk about it in the comments below if
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