Synopsis
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Cast
- Gerard ButlerDet. Nicholas O'Brien
- Dawn OlivieriDebbie O'Brien
- O'Shea Jackson Jr.Donnie Wilson
- Pablo SchreiberRay Merrimen
- 50 CentLevi Enson Levoux
- Evan JonesBo 'Bosco' Ostroman
- Cooper AndrewsMack
- Maurice CompteDet. Benny 'Borracho' Magalon
- Kaiwi LymanDet. Tony 'Z' Zapata
- Mo McRaeDet. Gus Henderson
Recommendations
- 80
TheWrap
Ultimately, Den of Thieves falls short of its goal, but it gets points for aiming high; there are worse things than trying to be the next Michael Mann when few others would dare try, especially if they lack the enthusiasm oozing out of every frame of your imitation. - 80
Arizona Republic
Den of Thieves isn't a masterpiece by any means, but it's fun, exciting and hard-boiled, and the actors are doing solid work. - 67
The A.V. Club
It’s derivative and drowning in stagnant machismo, but stark enough to work. - 63
Chicago Tribune
It’s a sidewinding but often effective L.A. crime thriller saddled with the wrong leading man. - 63
RogerEbert.com
The plot thickens ... and thickens ... and thickens. Gudegast is clearly an avid student of heist pictures, and he layers this one with a lot of spectacular complications even while he muddles the average viewer’s potential rooting interest. - 63
Philadelphia Daily News
Gudegast is using the Heat homage the way a magician uses a flourish — to distract you from the other story he’s telling. I confess to getting a kick out of watching it play out. - 60
Variety
Den of Thieves is better at set-up than follow-through. The movie is clever enough, until it cheats. It tries to fill in its characters, until reducing them to plot devices. - 60
The New York Times
The film is generous with action and twists, even if some don’t track. For January, a month Hollywood reserves for dogs, this is an admirably weird movie.
