Brick is a 2025 German science fiction thriller film directed by Philip Koch and released globally by Netflix on July 10, 2025. The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer and Ruby O. Fee as a couple trapped in their apartment building when a mysterious wall of high-tech bricks suddenly encloses the entire structure, cutting them off from the outside world.
PLOT
Tim and Olivia, a grieving couple struggling to recover from a recent trauma, wake up one morning to find their apartment sealed off by a solid black wall made of bricks. As they attempt to escape, they discover the entire building is surrounded, with no internet, power, or cellular signal. Initially suspecting a terrorist attack or government experiment, panic begins to rise.
They join forces with other tenants in the building, including Ana, Marvin, the elderly Oswalt and his granddaughter, and a paranoid conspiracy theorist named Yuri. The group ventures into the building’s basement and uncovers an old bomb shelter. There, they find the mutilated corpse of the building's landlord, Friedman, who appears to have had both hands severed. The shelter contains advanced equipment, camera feeds, and a control system seemingly connected to the wall’s technology.
They learn that Anton, a former resident and software engineer, had been working on an experimental app designed to interact with the wall’s nano-tech interface. Unfortunately, he died before completing his escape plan. The group begins to fracture as resources run low and paranoia sets in. Yuri believes the wall is a divine or governmental protection against a catastrophe outside, while others believe it to be a containment system gone wrong.
Attempts to escape prove deadly. Marvin is gruesomely killed by the wall when trying to break through it. Tensions escalate, resulting in more deaths, including Yuri. Tim and Olivia eventually manage to decipher Anton’s code, giving them limited control over the nanotech bricks. Using the app, they create an exit path and escape the building.
Once outside, they are shocked to see the entire city—and possibly the world—encased in similar walls. A radio broadcast reveals that the walls were a product of malfunctioning nanotechnology, triggered accidentally by a fire at the tech company’s facility. There was never any real danger outside; the walls were not to protect people, but a technological error meant to contain nothing.
The film ends with Tim and Olivia walking into the open world, uncertain of what awaits them, but finally free.
CAST
Matthias Schweighöfer as Tim - The Big Star from the Army of the Dead and Army of Thieves
Ruby O. Fee as Olivia
Nina Kunzendorf as Ana
David Kross as Marvin
Frederick Lau as Yuri
Peter Kurth as Oswalt
Rating: 10 Stars
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