Review of Army of Thieves (2021) by Jluis_001 — 06 Nov 2021

If there's something I must highlight about Army of Thieves, it is this is the story that actually turns out to be the true heist movie.

Much more than the excessive Army of the Dead.

Now if we ask ourselves why this movie exists, I wouldn'tIf there's something I must highlight about Army of Thieves, it is this is the story that actually turns out to be the true heist movie.

Much more than the excessive Army of the Dead.

Now if we ask ourselves why this movie exists, I wouldn't be able to tell them.

Beyond the mention of the zombies, and of course its ending. Army of Thieves and Army of the Dead couldn't be more any more different.

That of course is a good thing, because the director and lead of this story could easily have tried something similar, but his film is more of an action, comedy and romance story with a European tone that despite some good moments, is predictable until the very bone.

Heist movies tend to fall into that hole and Army of Thieves is fully aware of it, and in the results, is not even the slightest intention to show that could have been different.

All the elements and cliches of the genre are present. Even the respective sequence with everyone in the team involved presenting themselves and their abilities.

It's a tedious formula that Army of Thieves is simply unable to transcend.

This film would have been a failure in theaters, because its strengths are not nearly enough to compensate for all its shortcomings.

In fact, it reminded me a lot of another heist movie I watched not long ago called The Vault by Jaume Balagueró. Although this personally for me had better results.

Obviously is the strong release of the month and week, for Netflix, but this movie will fade much faster than Snyder's film.