Movie · 2025 · Thriller, Science Fiction · 1h 39m · R · German
Curator score: 0.4/10 (110K ratings)
They want to leave – but their apartment won't let them.
Overview
When a mysterious brick wall encloses their apartment building overnight, Tim and Olivia must unite with their wary neighbors to get out alive.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.4/10
IMDb: 5.5/10
Letterboxd: 2.11/5
Metacritic: 53
TMDB: 5.8/10
Director
Philip Koch
Production
Leonine Studios, Nocturna Productions, Wiedemann & Berg Television
Cast
Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. Fee, Frederick Lau, Salber Lee Williams, Murathan Muslu, Sira-Anna Faal, Axel Werner, Alexander Beyer, Josef Berousek, Daniele Rizzo, Nader Ben-Abdallah, Daniela Galbo, Markus Ransmayr
Where to watch
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A high-concept survival thriller with a strong hook and some effective neighbor-paranoia energy, but the execution sounds uneven, underwritten, and more repetitive than tense. It seems best approached as a serviceable streaming puzzle-box rather than a standout genre entry.
Best for
viewers who enjoy claustrophobic escape-room setups
fans of contained apartment-building thrillers
people looking for a low-stakes, easy-to-watch sci-fi mystery
audiences who like paranoia and neighbor-suspicion stories
Skip if
you want sharp plotting and airtight logic
you need sustained action or escalating set pieces
you are tired of familiar streaming-thriller beats
you prefer character-driven suspense over premise-first gimmicks
Overview
Brick has the kind of premise that immediately sells itself: an apartment building sealed off by an impossible wall, with strangers forced into uneasy cooperation. That setup naturally invites paranoia, resource scarcity, and the social friction of people who would rather not know their neighbors until survival makes it necessary. The concept is strong enough that it keeps the film watchable even when the writing does not fully cash in on it.
Worth noting
The response suggests a movie that leans more on premise than payoff. Instead of building pressure through escalating conflict, it apparently settles into familiar streaming-thriller rhythms, with pacing issues and twists that feel predictable rather than surprising. The result is less a white-knuckle survival story than a competent but frustratingly familiar one.
Bottom line
Still, there is some appeal in the contained, single-location tension and the social metaphor baked into the wall itself. If you enjoy genre films that turn ordinary domestic spaces into traps, this may scratch the itch. Just do not expect the concept to be explored with the inventiveness or intensity it promises at first glance.
Top Letterboxd reviews
lavy (2.5★) · 2347 likes
okay german cillian murphy
NotBritishMan (3★) · 1140 likes
Not the worst thing to come out of Germany.
𝐉 (1.5★) · 811 likes
Netflix is building a wall of disappointments, brick by brick
8ilie (2★) · 653 likes
the plot has potential but they wasted it. I enjoyed it tho. Could've been better
Horror Syndrome (3★) · 634 likes
Finally a movie that capitalizes on the universal fear of having to talk to your neighbors.
2014 · Thriller, Science Fiction · 1h 29m · NR · Curator 6.5/10 (578.7K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Cineverse, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Low-budget sci-fi paranoia with neighbors, shifting alliances, and a strong sense of unease.
2007 · Science Fiction, Thriller · 1h 32m · R · Curator 6.1/10 (141.5K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
For audiences who enjoy compact genre ideas, escalating complications, and clever structural tension.