Rent Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025)

Disappointingly dull - Den of Thieves: Pantera review by Alphaville

Not a patch on the original. For an hour and a half this is pretty dull stuff, with grizzled Gerard Butler and blank-featured O’Shea Jackson planning to rob a diamond centre in Nice. The last half-hour is more exciting, with the robbery finally getting underway followed by a car chase in the Maritime Alps, but it’s hardly enough to save the movie.

Den of snooze - Den of Thieves: Pantera review by cr

Same old same old in this overlong bore of a film.

Allegedly an action film. The by the book robbery happens at the end and i garantee you its nothing you havent seen before and at nearly 2.5 hours long it mainly consists of boring chat and attempts at humour.

Give it a miss.

Flat sequel - Den of Thieves: Pantera review by AER

For me, the original was an unexpected hit. I loved it's back-to-basic cops and robbers rules and the great swing at a Usual Suspects-style twist near the end. Even 50 Cent couldn't ruin the first film. It was just a pure and thrilling piece of Hollywood B-movie entertainment. So why this dull-plodding sequel which only seems to exist to even the score between the old enemies. Not a lot makes sense and the feeling of high stakes game is largely absent now that Gerald Butler and Ice Cube II are playing on the same side. There are no significant bad guys and the very little in the way of thrills. The central robbery defies logic at every turn and the climatic car chase is OK. The number of endings tries to out-do The Return of the King... and they don't feel well earned. Stick to the first film, which proves, lighting struck the once.