Review- Den Of Thieves (2018)

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Den of Thieves is a Crime Heist film which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Department and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws hatch up a plan to rob the city's Federal Reserve Bank. If I'm being totally honest, I didn't expect so much from this film mostly because the plot is nothing original. A crew plans a heist, the police finds out and tries to stop them, they know they shouldn't go forward with the job but they do it anyways because they simply want more money, they get into a gun battle with the police, at least two people from both sides ends up dying, one of the robbers ends up with the money, the end. I'll admit, they did their best with the story and I really loved Pablo Schreiber as Merrimen. I think he's a really good actor and he's just a few movies away from his break out role. Gerard Butler did a descent job but 50 Cent didn't do much and had very few lines. He's really a one-dimensional actor because he plays the same roles in almost every movie he stars in. O'Shea Jackson Jr. was one of the actors that was able to shine in his role.

There are a few flashbacks at the beginning about how the criminal met which I though was absolutely unnecessary. I also don't think the twist at the end was a nice touch, it was silly and irrelevant. The only interesting part of this film is the middle. The beginning and end weren't executed properly. There was also something about Big Nick's (Gerard Butler) crew that didn't sit well with me. We also get to see part of Big Nick's family life which was in no way relevant to the film and was a total waste of time. This movie could have easily been wrapped up in less than two hours.Den of Thieves had the potential of being a really nice Crime film but unfortunately, It wasn't. Even with the twist, It was still very predictable. I'll advise you to see this from your laptop or TV screen or and don't expect anything phenomenal.

RATING 5/10

GENRE Action/ Heist/ Crime

DIRECTOR Christian Gudegast

STARRING Gerard Butler, 50 Cent, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, Max Holloway

RUNNING TIME 2hrs 22mins

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