Overview

• Brick premiered on Netflix on July 10 and quickly entered the platform’s Top 10 list.
• The German-language sci-fi thriller follows neighbors trapped by an impenetrable wall who must work together to escape.
• Critics have offered mixed reviews, praising the movie’s visual effects and thematic depth while questioning its puzzle-box narrative payoff.
• Viewers are engaging with the film’s metaphor of self-imposed boundaries and its reflection of pandemic-inspired fears of enclosure.
• The movie’s VFX-driven depiction of nanotech walls and its ambiguous ending have prompted conversations about the risks of defensive technology.