REVIEW: VERBRANNTE ERDE / SCORCHED EARTH 2024 A WELCOME RETURN TO THE GENRE
With news hitting us about the soon-to-be-filmed new DR. MABUSE series, we decided to take a look at the state of the krimi cinema in Germany. So this one here comes up. We do like this move here. Very much. Because it keeps things simple and there are zero distractions in the flow of the story: VERBRANNTE ERDE is about Trojan, a master cat burglar who is completely paranoid, stoic, and never sleeps in the same bed twice. And moving from one hotel to the next, he always puts his bulletproof vest on. Paranoid, I told you. And yes, he reads architectural magazines in his free time to find out how the rich live. We get it. This man is 100% business His luck has run dry, as there was no payoff from his last job that included 10 Rolex watches. He reconnects with an agent for criminal jobs, and indeed, right now, something is cooking: A painting of Caspar David Friedrich is to be stolen from a Museum's depot, four specialists are needed: One tech-wizard to manipulate surveillance,...
