The original Den of Thieves was a movie cut directly from the Heat mold: a kitchen-sink heist movie with a little bit of everything. There were wives, kids, crews, and every kind of relationship drama, all held together by the glue of a cat-and-mouse race between cops and crooks — hell, even Heat threw in a serial killer plotline. But above all else, Den of Thieves, like Heat, was mostly very serious business. Sure, there was a joke here or there, but they rarely felt like a genuine invitation to laugh. However, when writer-director Christian Gudegast got the chance to make Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which is now on Netflix, he had the brilliant idea to let his meticulously professional criminals crack a few more jokes.
Pantera picks up right where the original movie left off: Master criminal Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr.) has escaped to Europe, but he can’t
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