The first reactions to the Gerard Butler
action sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
, are now in. So, how does this fare against the actor’s previous outings as an action hero? Could this long-awaited heist thriller follow-up make the perfect start to the new year when it lands in theaters on January 10? Fortunately, it sounds very much like the action flick will leave both Butler and genre fans ecstatic. Let’s dig in…
Chris Evangelista of Slashfilm found so much to love about Den of Thieves 2: Pantera and Butler’s return as Nicholas “Big Nick” O’Brien, and now hopes for many, many more installments in the franchise.
“DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA rips. Takes the dirtbag action charms of the first and adds a buddy comedy angle. I genuinely can’t get enough of the perpetually hungover Big Nick O’Brien. Keep making these movies and I will keep watching them.”
X/Twitter user and critic @ItsChrisAguilar felt similarly, and was quickly enamored with the old-school action, awarding the action movie a perfect 5/5 and declaring it the best “piece of junk food action cinema” in years.
“Den of Thieves 2 is the best concocted piece of junk food action cinema since the first. Globe trotting jewel heist with a Boozy Gerard Butler riding electric scooters with O’Shea Jackson after clubbing! Yeah I’m gonna need a shirt of that. 5/5”
‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Is an Improvement on Its Already Much-Loved Predecessor
Only a small handful of reactions have emerged so far, so, lastly (for now), @ShowbizSimon found Den of Thieves 2: Pantera to be an improvement on its predecessor and loved the pairing of Butler with O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s con artist and thief.
“Den of Thieves 2: Pantera was more my jam than the first. Gerard Butler LOVES being Big Nick and he and O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Donnie are a solid reunited pairing. Moving the heist action to Europe, it embraces everything that comes with that with smarts and panache #DenOfThieves2”
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Directed by Christian Gudegast, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera reunites audiences with Gerard Butler’s “Big Nick” O’Brien, a hard-drinking, hard-fighting leader of the Regulators, an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Butler is joined by returning star O’Shea Jackson Jr., with the rest of the cast including UFC fighter Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves, xXx: Return of Xander Cage), Salvatore Esposito (Fargo), Orli Shuka (All the Old Knives, Gangs of London), Evin Ahmad (Snabba Cash, Who Is Erin Carter?), Cristian Solimeno (The English), and Nazmiye Oral (Sleepers), among others. You can check out the synopsis for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below.
“Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return in the sequel to 2018’s action-heist hit Den of Thieves. In DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA, Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.”
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
- Release Date
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January 10, 2025
- Director
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Christian Gudegast
- Runtime
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0 Minutes
- Cast
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Gerard Butler
, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
, Meadow Williams
, Jordan Bridges
, Evin Ahmad
, Swen Temmel
, Bob Jennings
, Michael Bisping
, Salvatore Esposito
, Orli Shuka
, Cristian Solimeno
, Nazmiye Oral
, Yasen Zates Atour
, Dino Kelly
, Rico Verhoeven
, Velibor Topic
, Antonio Bustorff
, Yuri D. Brown
, Birol Tarkan Yıldız
, John West Jr
, Ciryl Gane
, Mark Grosy
, Ignacio Herráez
, Stéphane Coulon
