…Den of Thieves: Pantera is a deliberately languorous but highly enjoyable copshow, with Gerry Butler and 50 Cent enjoying their repartee, with enough action for writer and director Christian Gudegast to streatch his legs….

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2025

The resulting film is as unmoored as Butler’s frequently sozzled character, with far too many tedious and indulgent bonding scenes between Butler and Jackson drawing the running time out...instead of getting down to business with actual action.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 22, 2025

Pummels suspension of disbelief into something murky and tiresome until the lingering effect is only exhaustion.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 13, 2025

A distinct improvement over its junky predecessor, this heist movie still eventually drops the ball with too many dumb twists jammed into a numbingly excessive running time.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2025

Den of Thieves Pantera needed some tighter editing, but the performances are solid, and the European setting adds a stunning visual element.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Mar 31, 2025

Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. reunite in Den of Thieves: Pantera, a gripping sequel packed with heists, diamond thieves, and the infamous Panther mafia.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 3, 2025

Ends in clunky, neverending sequel bait, what comes before is a true masterwork in the examination of its troubled protagonist before delivering a palm-sweating, edge-of-your-seat heist that’s as good as what Soderbergh stages.

| Original Score: A | Feb 25, 2025

It won’t change your life and might be forgotten in a few days, but it can turn a bad day around like few others—reminding us how satisfying a solid, no-frills thriller can be when everyone else is chasing perfection.

| Feb 22, 2025

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera doesn't regurgitate the formula of its predecessor. Taking its story to Europe, the film changes style and tone as well. If the first Den of Thieves is a mashup of Heat and Ocean's Eleven, this is more akin to Ocean's Twelve.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 10, 2025

...Den of Thieves begins to move away from the world of Michael Mann ...to become a buddy movie and a B-grade police film with more European overtones.... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2025

Where the first film’s more action-heavy influences gave us a more ruthless, tactical violence... this sequel offers viewers something of a Melville-esque job of work.

| Feb 4, 2025

Den of Thieves 2 is an enjoyable lark populated with characters who are more tangible than the usual genre dudes and dames, thus making their implausible adventures feel a little more plausible.

| Jan 31, 2025

I honestly expected more action in this sequel, but the most memorable (and funny!) scene in the film is when Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr. and crew party hard in France!

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 28, 2025

Come for the Butler swagger, some unexpected laughs, the most elaborate diamond heist in cinema history, and a crown jewel of a car chase sequence. Stay for a dedicated-to-unique sequel.

| Jan 25, 2025

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is a film so bloated and off-putting you'd think it was tailor-made for Steven Seagal.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 24, 2025

While it is fun to reconnect with Big Nick and watch him try new foods, there’s just something missing in this rote “Ronin” ripoff — a danger.

| Jan 18, 2025

While visually impressive and competently crafted, this sequel is more of a decent watch than a thrilling standout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2025

I enjoyed Pantera because it’s functionally a hangout movie and I liked hanging out with Donnie and Big Nick.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 17, 2025

Pantera struggles mightily with its pacing throughout the first half, as the energy from the first just doesn’t carry over. The focus is less on the action and more on the heist aspect, but there are some solid character moments during the buildup.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 17, 2025

...those with a soft spot for the original movie will be delighted to know that Gudegast has crafted a second chapter that’s at least as good (and in some ways better) than its predecessor.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 16, 2025