“Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” Movie Review

Rated R
Opens: January 10, 2025
Kevin says DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA SUCKS!

It’s January, and that means it’s time for terrible action movies and substandard sequels. This week, we get both with DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA.

This sequel to the modest 2018 hit sees Gerard Butler as a corrupt cop reconnecting with a previous partner in crime. This time, they’re working with one of the slickest gangs in Europe… the Pantera.

I know the original DEN OF THIEVES has its fans, but I am not one of them. These films suffer from wholly unlikeable characters. I mean, if you can’t make likeable characters, at least make interesting ones. This movie does neither.

Still, if you want more of what the first film gave you, this does deliver. But dragging the gang back together seven years later feels desperate and gives us some of the chubbiest action stars since Steven Seagal in the late 90s.

The heist is needlessly convoluted. The cinematography is dark and murky. And at least half the scenes feature people dressed in black moving through dark halls to avoid other people dressed in black. And the two-and-a-half hour running time makes it even worse.

DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA gets zero diamonds out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.

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