“ Den of Thieves 2: Pantera ” features the world’s first electric car chase. When writer and director Christian Gudegast was thinking about the film’s sequel, he knew he needed to raise the stakes, and what better way to do that than with an all-action, shoot-out car chase? And it needed to feel fast and real.

Warning: The following review contains spoilers for the Den of Thieves franchise. Five years after the original Den of Thieves was released and earned $80 million at the box office, its sequel is now playing in theaters everywhere.

The way that Gerard Butler chooses to smoke his cigarettes in the Den of Thieves movies. You can see it in the photo below. There’s a very unique style to the way that “Big” Nick O’Brien holds his cigarettes while he’s planning a diamond heist,

The dogged cop and wily thief butt heads again in Christian Gudegast's follow-up to his 2018 heist thriller. Imagine the iconic diner sit-down scene between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s Heat stretched out to feature length and you’ll get some idea of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Gerard Butler didn't have the best time filming Den of Thieves 2: Pantera as he shot the movie "with a freshly torn ACL."

Pantera”—an action thriller starring Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jacksons Jr.—is new in theaters. When will it be available to stream at home?

With “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” (Lionsgate), Gerard Butler displayed his bona fides as one of the most reliable draws for action releases. Opening at #1 with $15.5 million, it came in a little ahead of projections and led #2 “ Mufasa: The Lion King” (Disney).

Christian Gudegast's action sequel occasionally works, but gets too caught up in cliche criminal caper tropes.

Den of Thieves 3 receives an exciting and promising update from star and producer Gerard Butler, following the success of the second movie.

In the upcoming movie Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Detective Nicholas “Big Nick” O'Brien (Gerard Butler) and Donnie Wilson (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) continue their feud from Den of Thieves. It could set them up for a third matchup, a rubber match, as they say in wrestling.

I wasn’t actively writing about movies when Den of Thieves came out in 2018, so it was one I opted to skip at the time. However, I became aware that a bit of a cult following started to grow around the Gerard Butler heist movie,

Start your engines! Our Jamie Yuccas takes us on a ride with actors Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. The stars of "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" pressed the accelerator and opened up about their bro-mance and even shared what it was like being neighbors during the filming of the movie.