Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

critic Reviews

, 62% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Pantera trades the original Den of Thieves' self-seriousness for a more winking lightheartedness that doesn't entirely smooth over its familiarity but ought to satisfy those hankering for absolute Dad Cinema.
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    Katie WalshTribune News Service
    While it is fun to reconnect with Big Nick and watch him try new foods, there’s just something missing in this rote “Ronin” ripoff — a danger.
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    It’s not up there with the great heist movies. Butler lacks the charm to generate that kind of appeal, but it has quite a lot going for it. It’s certainly more likeable than its predecessor.
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    Joey ShapiroChicago Reader
    Den of Thieves 2: Pantera isn’t a shift from the first film so much as it is a refinement. This is a more elegant, mature manifestation of “dudes rock,” like a Solo cup of limoncello instead of a room-temp bottle of Mountain Dew Code Red.
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    Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
    Watching Big Nick get a little lost in a boozy dream of abandon, an ocean away from his troubles, we understand him better than we understand most of today’s movie heroes.
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    Radheyan SimonpillaiCTV's Your Morning
    No other personalities in this movie can match that Gerard Butler energy.
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    David FearRolling Stone
    Gudegast isn’t interested in mounting a copy of a copy. But a lot of the pleasure of watching the filmmaker and his cast do their exquisite cover version is gone, replaced only by some clumsy buddy-comedy elements and a lot of action-movie hot air.
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    JD DuranInSession Film
    Den of Thieves 2: Pantera doesn't regurgitate the formula of its predecessor. Taking its story to Europe, the film changes style and tone as well. If the first Den of Thieves is a mashup of Heat and Ocean's Eleven, this is more akin to Ocean's Twelve.
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    Marcelo StiletanoLa Nación (Argentina)
    ...Den of Thieves begins to move away from the world of Michael Mann ...to become a buddy movie and a B-grade police film with more European overtones.... [Full review in Spanish]
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    Matt LynchIn Review Online
    Where the first film’s more action-heavy influences gave us a more ruthless, tactical violence... this sequel offers viewers something of a Melville-esque job of work.
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    John SerbaDecider
    Den of Thieves 2 is an enjoyable lark populated with characters who are more tangible than the usual genre dudes and dames, thus making their implausible adventures feel a little more plausible.
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