[@inktober Day 31: Risk]Army of Thieves (2021)Directed by Matthias SchweighöferFor the Inktober prompt "Risk", it seemed fitting to do a sketch based on a heist movie!"Army of Thieves" is a prequel to Zack Snyder's zombie action film, "Army of the Dead" which was released on Netflix a few months ago. I enjoyed that film a lot, so, was looking forward to this film, which was released a couple of days back."Army of Thieves" begins in Germany at the time of the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse from "Army of the Dead". This prequel is about the safecracker character Ludwig Dieter a.k.a. Sebastian (played by Matthias Schweighöfer), who is recruited by Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel) to join a team, aiming to pull off three heists in Europe. Each of the heists will involve cracking a safe, based on one of Richard Wagner's operas — Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried (the safe that is central to the story of "Army of the Dead" would be the fourth in the series, Götterdämmerung).I enjoyed the movie greatly! The character of Ludwig could have easily been an annoying one in "Army of the Dead", but the way he was written and performed, I felt he was very likeable. The same worked in this film as well, which has a much lighter tone. I thought it was engaging and well done, and each of the heists tried to show something different rather than the team just breaking into each location and cracking the safe. I liked the visuals in the movie (cinematography by Bernhard Jasper) and the music (Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro). Overall a very entertaining movie. Perhaps it could have been tightened up a bit (slightly overlong at 127 min?) but I was along for the ride and didn't mind. I'm looking forward to the animated series follow-up, "Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas", and the sequel, whose title Zack Snyder just annnounced, "Planet of the Dead".I drew Ludwig from the movie, the drawing was done with ballpoint pen on A5 notebook. Swipe to see a scan and a short video clip.@apple #iphone12mini #shotoniphone#armyofthieves #armyofthedead #snyderverse@matthiasschweighoefer#621 / 31-Oct-21
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