Den of Thieves
A Los Angeles crime saga in the vein of Heat, Den of Thieves follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.
9 January 1981, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
13 November 1973, Los Angeles County, California, USA
24 February 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 February 1979, Liverpool, England, UK
26 August 1967, Arzamas-16, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Sarov, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]
3 April 1941, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
January 20, 2018
Enduring the 140 immediately and unswervingly painful minutes inexplicably afforded to "Den of Thieves" is like watching a thrill-seeking liquor-store robber get a "Born to Lose" chest tattoo in real time.
January 19, 2018
"Den of Thieves" may not be as moody as "To Live and Die in L.A." or as clever as "The Usual Suspects," but it works well on its own terms. As for Butler, it's like discovering him all over again.
January 18, 2018
[Butler] tears into his performance as nasty cop (well, sheriff) and lousy husband Nick Flanagan the way Flanagan tears into a crime-scene donut, and crams the screen with a combination of Russell Crowe's burly menace and Mel Gibson's manic rage.
January 20, 2018
The cast is a real ensemble with Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber first among equals.
January 21, 2018
Surprisingly engaging and entertaining for a January action movie from a no-name director that stars Gerard Butler.
January 20, 2018
Den of Thieves delivers an above-average cops-and-robbers heist film.
January 19, 2018
The loser is the audience for Den of Thieves, an over-the-top crime saga mainly indicating that its writer/director has seen Michael Mann's Heat too many times.
January 21, 2018
...needs serious editing to at least take out the irrelevant wife story and to explain the incomprehensible heist better...Even so, it's a fun film to watch with excellent tension, and holds your interest throughout.
January 19, 2018
It won't make any ten best lists next year, but as a midwinter entry to rev the engines, it satisfies.
January 18, 2018
Gudegast's twisty, turny tale of heists and homies is an action-packed romp with a good sense of humor and self-awareness.
January 20, 2018
a helluva lot of fun, Butler's most engaging performance in many a moon and a potential breakout for Schreiber.
January 19, 2018
The film falls apart in its numerous implausibilities.
