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Movie ID: 1474
RT slug: den_of_thieves
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/den_of_thieves
Release year: 2018
Runtime: 140 mins
Wide release date: 2018-01-19
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2018-03-25
Tomatometer final: 42%
Audience score final: 64%
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Christian Gudegast
Writers: Christian Gudegast
Producers: Alan Siegel, Gerard Butler, Mark Canton, Tucker Tooley
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-10-13 23:17:04
Updated: 2026-10-13 23:17:04
Nick O'Brien is the hard-drinking leader of the Regulators, an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Ray Merrimen is the recently paroled leader of the Outlaws, a gang of ex-military men who use their expertise and tactical skills to evade the law. O'Brien, Merrimen and their crews soon find themselves on a direct collision course as the criminals hatch an elaborate plan for a seemingly impossible heist -- the city's Federal Reserve Bank.
Den of Thieves pays energetic homage to classic heist thrillers of the past; unfortunately, it never comes close to living up to its obvious inspirations.
Canonical reviews: 135
Canonical fresh: 57
Canonical rotten: 78
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 135 (57/78), 42% (42.222% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-13 20:39:57
Snapshot Tomatometer: 42%
Snapshot review count: 135
Snapshot fresh count: 57
Snapshot rotten count: 78
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4539 (full_snapshot)
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| Diamond Film Productions | production |
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| Tucker Tooley Entertainment | production |
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| 2 | Pablo Schreiber | Ray Merrimen |
| 3 | O'Shea Jackson Jr. | Donnie Wilson |
| 4 | 50 Cent | Enson Levoux |
| 5 | Meadow Williams | Holly |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289408 | David Griffiths | Subculture Entertainment | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2025-04-19T13:25:18.000Z | 2025-04-19 13:25:18 | A very well-written crime thriller that keeps the action to the fore but doesn't forget how important an intense a plot is as well. Butler is amazing in a role that he was born to play. |
| 289409 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-02-28T17:20:51.000Z | 2021-02-28 17:20:51 | It's one thing for the bad guys to shoot one another, but when cops place dozens of innocent people in the middle of an automatic gun battle it feels gratuitous even for a movie like this. |
| 289410 | Dan Buffa | KSDK News (St. Louis) | Fresh | — | 2020-11-10T22:23:39.000Z | 2020-11-10 22:23:39 | The lesson is simple, ladies and gents. Don't judge a book or movie by its cover. There could be a fun toy waiting in that gift you didn't care to unwrap. |
| 289411 | Alex Hudson | Exclaim! | Rotten | 5/10 | 2020-07-18T20:35:28.000Z | 2020-07-18 20:35:28 | The complete lack of likeable characters is a problem for a heist movie - in this struggle between violent criminals and corrupt cops, we don't particularly care who wins. |
| 289412 | Brent McKnight | The Last Thing I See | Fresh | A- | 2020-07-01T16:12:26.000Z | 2020-07-01 16:12:26 | The sprawling heist film plays like a bargain bin version of Michael Mann's 1995 classic "Heat." Only more macho. Which is impressive, given "Heat" is already jacked up on testosterone and fragile male egos. |
| 289413 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | — | 2020-05-27T20:41:48.000Z | 2020-05-27 20:41:48 | Den of Thieves works by keeping it's feet firmly grounded and rarely taking shortcuts. |
| 289414 | Emilie Black | Cinema Crazed | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-04-12T03:51:07.000Z | 2020-04-12 03:51:07 | The acting is good to strong and the heist parts are fun to watch with some truly tense moments, but they are too few and far in-between to make this an exciting or fun to watch film. |
| 289415 | Dan Scully | Cinema76 | Fresh | — | 2020-03-23T20:50:57.000Z | 2020-03-23 20:50:57 | [A] solid, violent, unstoppably entertaining film. |
| 289416 | Tim Brennan | About Boulder | Rotten | — | 2020-02-20T23:51:41.000Z | 2020-02-20 23:51:41 | Problem number one is the script...problem number two is the punishing length of the film at two hours and twenty minutes. |
| 289417 | Víctor López G. | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2019-07-24T22:26:31.000Z | 2019-07-24 22:26:31 | A good direction, some remarkable interpretations and a story that flows. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289418 | Matt Donato | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-07-22T01:45:12.000Z | 2019-07-22 01:45:12 | Den of Thieves is confoundingly familiar from structure to "gritty" character designs. |
| 289419 | Dominic Griffin | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2019-07-17T22:31:44.000Z | 2019-07-17 22:31:44 | If anyone leaves the theater happy at the end, it's only because they're so grateful it's all finally over. |
| 289420 | Dan Murrell | Screen Junkies | Fresh | — | 2019-04-25T19:31:34.000Z | 2019-04-25 19:31:34 | As the movie unfolds in the second half, it continues to surprise you at every turn. |
| 289421 | Naomi Soanes | One Room With A View | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-02-26T20:27:17.000Z | 2019-02-26 20:27:17 | Incoherent plotting and crime-caper clichés aside, this is a surprisingly refreshing take on the genre, and one that surely won't disappoint any die-hard Gerard Butler fans. |
| 289422 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-02-08T18:06:24.000Z | 2019-02-08 18:06:24 | This movie just isn't good. The performances are all over the map, the central plot and action make no sense and there are huge chunks of screen time spent completely unnecessarily. |
| 289423 | Andrea Thompson | Cultured Vultures | Rotten | 0.5/10 | 2019-01-29T18:56:08.000Z | 2019-01-29 18:56:08 | At an overstuffed 140 minutes, it far overstays its welcome, with a plot that insults the audience's intelligence at every turn, and some of the most egregious examples of toxic masculinity I've ever seen in a modern movie. |
| 289424 | Harris Dang | The AU Review | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2019-01-18T04:11:44.000Z | 2019-01-18 04:11:44 | Den of Thieves is a entertaining, if rocky entry in the heist genre, even if it is an homage to Michael Mann's Heat. But the overlong running time and the awful twist ending bring it down to the point that the film is a rental at best. |
| 289425 | Louisa Moore | Screen Zealots | Fresh | 4/5 | 2018-12-21T22:51:46.000Z | 2018-12-21 22:51:46 | Before you dismiss this as another 'cop gone bad' or 'guns blazing action flick,' you may want to hang on to your seat because this is an intense and gripping heist movie. |
| 289426 | Sarah Cartland | Caution Spoilers | Fresh | 4/5 | 2018-11-12T21:29:25.000Z | 2018-11-12 21:29:25 | A heist movie that's breathtakingly silly while maintaining an impressively serious level of self-belief, this is a disarmingly entertaining ride. There's no one called Den, though, which is a missed opportunity. |
| 289427 | Sharronda Williams | Pay or Wait | Rotten | — | 2018-11-12T21:28:10.000Z | 2018-11-12 21:28:10 | I had high hopes going into this film but due to the lack of action and poor character development, I left disappointed. |
| 289428 | Rob Aldam | Backseat Mafia | Fresh | — | 2018-10-31T23:00:33.000Z | 2018-10-31 23:00:33 | A cleverly plotted and intelligently scripted crime thriller. |
| 289429 | Ross Miller | The National (Scotland) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-09-10T15:26:03.000Z | 2018-09-10 15:26:03 | It's certainly nothing we haven't seen before done better but as a robust, unashamedly macho, resolutely-gritty crime flick, it does what it says on the tin. |
| 289430 | Alci Rengifo | Entertainment Voice | Rotten | — | 2018-08-29T23:55:47.000Z | 2018-08-29 23:55:47 | A great heist movie is riveting, a good one entertaining, this one is well-shot, but the story gets lost somewhere along the way. It's like blasting open the shiny bank vault and finding nothing there. |
| 289431 | Kimberly Pierce | Geek Girl Authority | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-08-27T22:22:39.000Z | 2018-08-27 22:22:39 | The film skirts a line of unintentional hilarity. Was it supposed to be a comedy? Not if you look at the film's marketing [however]it is an absolute blast. |
| 289432 | Rendy Jones | Rendy Reviews | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-08-25T19:05:42.000Z | 2018-08-25 19:05:42 | Why am I wasting brain cells on a generically dumb January movie? |
| 289433 | Tom Santilli | AXS.com | Fresh | B+ | 2018-08-14T16:41:21.000Z | 2018-08-14 16:41:21 | Gerard Butler has been in some real dogs, but he also doesn't get the credit he deserves as a strong leading man in these types of flicks. |
| 289434 | Jordan Calhoun | Black Nerd Problems | Rotten | — | 2018-07-22T20:50:17.000Z | 2018-07-22 20:50:17 | Would I recommend the film? Not for a movie theater price tag. When it arrives on your favorite cable or streaming service though, turn off your brain and indulge guilt-free. |
| 289435 | Colin Biggs | Birth.Movies.Death. | Rotten | — | 2018-06-19T17:15:20.000Z | 2018-06-19 17:15:20 | Den of Thieves isn't a great film, but it feels like Butler's performance should be celebrated. |
| 289436 | Damian Levy | Jamaica Gleaner | Rotten | — | 2018-04-23T19:00:33.000Z | 2018-04-23 19:00:33 | Though it's not a complete wash, so much of Den of Thieves has been done before and done better. |
| 289437 | Marcos Gandía | Sensacine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2018-04-16T16:35:25.000Z | 2018-04-16 16:35:25 | We get to see Gerard Butler in a form we haven't for a long time. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289438 | Antonio Trashorras | Fotogramas | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-04-12T18:00:42.000Z | 2018-04-12 18:00:42 | [Den of Thieves] is an adrenaline-filled recess that will have you sitting on the edge with a script worthy of adaptation on screen. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289439 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | 2018-04-10T22:40:41.000Z | 2018-04-10 22:40:41 | Despite his touches of urban western, the movie is inflated to the point of swelling... [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289440 | Francisco Marinero | El Mundo (Spain) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-04-10T22:25:48.000Z | 2018-04-10 22:25:48 | [The] script is full of licenses and holes to justify its topics. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289441 | Janire Zurbano | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-04-03T18:50:38.000Z | 2018-04-03 18:50:38 | The directorial debut of [Christian] Gudegast aspires to the greatness of Heat, and although it is light years away ... we breathe easy knowing that the already confirmed sequel is in good hands. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 289442 | Alison Rowat | The Herald (Scotland) | Rotten | 3/5 | 2018-04-02T23:00:54.000Z | 2018-04-02 23:00:54 | At 140 minutes the film itself overstays its welcome, it is not half as clever as it clearly thinks it is and women are strictly optional extras. |
| 289443 | Rafael Rosales Santos | Konexión (MX) | Rotten | 5/10 | 2018-03-20T16:00:20.000Z | 2018-03-20 16:00:20 | This is a TV movie that somehow made it to the big screen. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289444 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Me gusta el cine | Fresh | 3/4 | 2018-03-15T17:10:32.000Z | 2018-03-15 17:10:32 | ...and entertaining cop movie, an exercise in action and suspense that could've been better if Gudegast had removed some of the "fat" to the story. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 289445 | Richard James Havis | South China Morning Post | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-03-15T11:50:27.000Z | 2018-03-15 11:50:27 | Hardcore action fans might find enough to satiate their desire for tricky gunplay and explosive violence in this gritty heist thriller, but the story has too many holes to appeal to anyone else. |
| 289446 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Rotten | C+ | 2018-03-14T08:10:05.000Z | 2018-03-14 08:10:05 | A mediocre urban thriller. |
| 289447 | Néstor Burtone | Otroscines.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2018-02-26T20:50:42.000Z | 2018-02-26 20:50:42 | ...a very good action film. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 289448 | Pablo O. Scholz | Clarín | Fresh | — | 2018-02-23T00:36:03.000Z | 2018-02-23 00:36:03 | There's a snitch, there's a lot of action, there's a robbery of an armored truck at the beginning that is shot with skill... [Full review in Spanish] |
| 289449 | Andrew Carroll | Film Ireland Magazine | Rotten | — | 2018-02-22T23:01:08.000Z | 2018-02-22 23:01:08 | Were it not for the relatively exciting heist and the thrilling gun battle that finishes it, Den of Thieves would be a very bad film. Instead, it flounders just below the average mark. |
| 289450 | Roe McDermott | Hot Press | Rotten | — | 2018-02-15T19:40:58.000Z | 2018-02-15 19:40:58 | Gudegest's failed character studies come at the expense of pacing, needlessly extending a potentially fun 90-minute flick into a bloated, self-regarding 140 -- extra time for the audience to notice the increasingly ludicrous plotholes. |
| 289451 | Alex Lines | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2018-02-14T16:25:36.000Z | 2018-02-14 16:25:36 | This is a purely expendable diversion, one with precisely zero significant factors to warrant any form of genuine or ironic recommendations, seeing this generic bank heist film delivers the same response as not watching it. |
| 289452 | Stephen Romei | The Australian | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2018-02-14T16:25:09.000Z | 2018-02-14 16:25:09 | Butler and Schreiber deliver commanding performances. They are men who could explode at any moment, at work or at home. That nonstop ticking beneath their calm exteriors fills the film with a gripping tension. |
| 289453 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2018-02-09T04:40:30.000Z | 2018-02-09 04:40:30 | O'Shea Jackson steals the show in 'Den of Thieves.' |
| 289454 | John Lui | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2018-02-08T16:30:27.000Z | 2018-02-08 16:30:27 | This movie might have been a fun, stylish homage to everyone's favourite hardboiled L.A. action-thrillers, but for [Christian] Gudegast's clumsy, overcompensating fetishisation of masculinity. |
| 289455 | DaVette See | Black Girl Nerds | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2018-02-08T04:25:16.000Z | 2018-02-08 04:25:16 | If you're looking for a diversion, you like more gun-play than word-play, and appreciate exotic dancers more than exotic locales in your movies, then Heat, er, Den of Thieves may be just what you're looking for. |
| 289456 | Rachit Gupta | Filmfare | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-07T00:10:12.000Z | 2018-02-07 00:10:12 | Great action, palpable tension, a solid performance and even a heist film twist ending; Den Of Thieves delivers a lot for your average action flick. |
| 289457 | Sarah Marrs | Lainey Gossip | Rotten | — | 2018-02-06T03:00:13.000Z | 2018-02-06 03:00:13 | Den of Thieves is an okay shoot-'em-up that is knee-capped by its overindulgent run time. |
| 289458 | Tara Brady | Irish Times | Rotten | 3/5 | 2018-02-05T19:30:18.000Z | 2018-02-05 19:30:18 | Den of Thieves desperately wants to be Heat or The Killer when it grows up. Instead it's a daft, distant, drunken cousin to those pictures, but if you studiously avoid thinking about it, you can at least enjoy its moronic antics. |
| 289459 | Edward Porter | Sunday Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-05T01:15:10.000Z | 2018-02-05 01:15:10 | Lord alone knows why the plot's weaker bits had to be quite so sluggish, or why the leading cop, played by Gerard Butler, had to be a charmless meathead. |
| 289460 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2018-02-04T23:50:08.000Z | 2018-02-04 23:50:08 | Derivative, nasty and at least half an hour too long, it's one of the worst films you'll see all year. |
| 289461 | Allan Hunter | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-04T17:00:15.000Z | 2018-02-04 17:00:15 | Entertaining enough as it passes by but you don't believe a word of it. |
| 289462 | Jim Schembri | 3AW | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-03T14:05:10.000Z | 2018-02-03 14:05:10 | With barely a quiet moment anywhere and an above-average plot, this lark is a highly entertaining guy movie. Whether females will enjoy it, however, will depend on their tolerance for a two-hour crime movie that has but a handful of women in it. |
| 289463 | Sarah Ward | ArtsHub | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-03T01:05:36.000Z | 2018-02-03 01:05:36 | The end result is a mess of elements that overstay their welcome, and a central caper that loses momentum. |
| 289464 | Rashid Irani | Hindustan Times | Rotten | 1/5 | 2018-02-03T00:30:39.000Z | 2018-02-03 00:30:39 | A shoddy riff on Michael Mann's Heat, this misbegotten mess doesn't even bother to acknowledge the 1995 crime classic. |
| 289465 | Renuka Vyavahare | The Times of India | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-03T00:30:38.000Z | 2018-02-03 00:30:38 | Though it is Gerard Butler who may pull in the crowd, Pablo Schreiber makes his presence felt the most and ends up making an impression. |
| 289467 | Sandra Hall | Sydney Morning Herald | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-02T23:05:42.000Z | 2018-02-02 23:05:42 | The film's sole virtue is its finale - a complicated plot twist that sparks a belated, and brief, surge of interest. |
| 289466 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-02T23:05:42.000Z | 2018-02-02 23:05:42 | It's competent enough, but depressingly familiar stuff. |
| 289468 | Sonny Bunch | Washington Free Beacon | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2018-02-02T22:30:40.000Z | 2018-02-02 22:30:40 | I couldn't help but enjoy myself in the theater. |
| 289469 | David 'Mad Dog' Bradley | Adelaide Review | Rotten | 5/10 | 2018-02-02T21:30:32.000Z | 2018-02-02 21:30:32 | There are a few tricks and tropes that aren't quite what you're expecting into the final act here, but in order to get to them you need to trudge through oodles of potty-mouthed he-man nonsense and characters who you'd cross the street to avoid. |
| 289471 | Jamie East | The Sun (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-02T11:50:24.000Z | 2018-02-02 11:50:24 | It relies so heavily on so many things we've already seen before you have to wonder why they bothered in the first place. |
| 289470 | James White | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-02T11:50:24.000Z | 2018-02-02 11:50:24 | Slick and solid in moments, Den Of Thieves disappoints with its reliance on easy plotting and gruff, overcooked acting. One for Butler completists only. |
| 289472 | Rohan Naahar | Hindustan Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-02-02T09:40:16.000Z | 2018-02-02 09:40:16 | Just when you were about to brace yourself for your bi-annual abusive appointment with Gerard Butler, he went and did the best thing he's done in years. |
| 289473 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-02T01:15:39.000Z | 2018-02-02 01:15:39 | Lethal Weapon meets Heat meets an unintentional Tropic Thunder-style parody in a straight-faced cop movie that begins with fabulous verve and energy before descending into giggle-inducing macho clichés. |
| 289474 | Alistair Harkness | Scotsman | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-02T00:55:34.000Z | 2018-02-02 00:55:34 | It's tedious stuff, and the elaborate, drawn-out bank robbery plot doesn't make a lot of sense, especially when it tries to pull off a final twist straight out of The Usual Suspects. |
| 289475 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Rotten | 4/10 | 2018-02-01T18:00:26.000Z | 2018-02-01 18:00:26 | A long, loud, logistical crime caper that curdles... |
| 289476 | John Byrne | RTÉ (Ireland) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2018-02-01T16:00:20.000Z | 2018-02-01 16:00:20 | Surprisingly, Den of Thieves is a lot better than the hopelessly generic title suggests, and I ended up enjoying it, despite my aversion to monosyllabic gym bunny blam-blam. |
| 289477 | Mike McCahill | Guardian | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-02-01T11:25:08.000Z | 2018-02-01 11:25:08 | It often resembles a men's rights bonding weekend more than it does a movie. |
| 289478 | Travis Johnson | FILMINK (Australia) | Rotten | — | 2018-01-31T22:50:28.000Z | 2018-01-31 22:50:28 | ...a pretty forgettable example of the form. |
| 289479 | Geoffrey Macnab | Independent (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-01-31T21:00:31.000Z | 2018-01-31 21:00:31 | It's hard to think of any recent thriller as derivative as Den Of Thieves. |
| 289480 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-01-31T20:30:29.000Z | 2018-01-31 20:30:29 | While there are plenty of ear-shattering shootouts and bone-breaking fight scenes to give hardcore action fans the rush they demand, there is also a twisty, turny story and many well-defined characters to delve into if the mood takes you. |
| 289481 | Nigel Andrews | Financial Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-01-31T18:25:23.000Z | 2018-01-31 18:25:23 | Gerard Butler, as a ruthless LA County sheriff in Den of Thieves, is hard-drinking, hard-swearing and hard-living. As Mae West said, a hard man is good to find. |
| 289482 | Tom Dawson | Total Film | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-01-30T11:25:14.000Z | 2018-01-30 11:25:14 | It's proficiently put together but decidedly derivative, right down to the Usual Suspects-esque twist ending. |
| 289483 | Karen Han | Slashfilm | Rotten | 3/10 | 2018-01-26T18:20:24.000Z | 2018-01-26 18:20:24 | The best thing that I can ultimately say about Den of Thieves is that it's a missed opportunity. |
| 289484 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2018-01-26T16:55:18.000Z | 2018-01-26 16:55:18 | It's all testosterone-fueled swagger and tough-guy posturing, without much meaningful character development as the lines blur between heroes and villains. |
| 289485 | Chris Stuckmann | ChrisStuckmann.com | Rotten | C+ | 2018-01-25T23:36:11.000Z | 2018-01-25 23:36:11 | The ending is awful. It's so silly, and unnecessary. |
| 289486 | Mark Ellis | Schmoes Know | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-01-25T22:56:05.000Z | 2018-01-25 22:56:05 | Watching the gang and actually the genius of the gang implementing their various plans was one of the appeals to the movie to me. |
| 289487 | tt stern-enzi | Dayton CityPaper | Rotten | B- | 2018-01-25T18:40:48.000Z | 2018-01-25 18:40:48 | I suppose Gudegast seeks to give credence to the notion that there's no honor among thieves, but if that's truly the case and point he wants to make, he could have done so with a bit more efficiency. |
| 289488 | Al Hoff | Pittsburgh City Paper | Rotten | — | 2018-01-24T21:06:13.000Z | 2018-01-24 21:06:13 | Bulked-up men firing automatic weapons at each other will always appeal to some viewers, but Den's running time of two hours and 20 minutes is way too long. |
| 289489 | Nick Rogers | Midwest Film Journal | Rotten | 1/5 | 2018-01-22T22:31:24.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:31:24 | 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. |
| 289491 | Tony Medley | Tolucan Times | Fresh | 7/10 | 2018-01-22T22:31:07.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:31:07 | ...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. |
| 289490 | Stephen Silver | Splice Today | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2018-01-22T22:31:07.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:31:07 | Surprisingly engaging and entertaining for a January action movie from a no-name director that stars Gerard Butler. |
| 289493 | James Berardinelli | ReelViews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2018-01-22T22:31:06.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:31:06 | Den of Thieves delivers an above-average cops-and-robbers heist film. |
| 289492 | Robin Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B | 2018-01-22T22:31:06.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:31:06 | The cast is a real ensemble with Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber first among equals. |
| 289494 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2018-01-22T22:30:55.000Z | 2018-01-22 22:30:55 | An erratic yet ultimately rewarding actioner... |
| 289495 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B | 2018-01-20T18:08:40.000Z | 2018-01-20 18:08:40 | a helluva lot of fun, Butler's most engaging performance in many a moon and a potential breakout for Schreiber. |
| 289496 | Daniel M. Kimmel | North Shore Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-01-20T04:20:25.000Z | 2018-01-20 04:20:25 | It won't make any ten best lists next year, but as a midwinter entry to rev the engines, it satisfies. |
| 289497 | Jacob Knight | Birth.Movies.Death. | Fresh | — | 2018-01-20T03:35:37.000Z | 2018-01-20 03:35:37 | A real movie that never forgets that it's still playing to a crowd desperately seeking cheap thrills. |
| 289498 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2018-01-20T00:05:58.000Z | 2018-01-20 00:05:58 | "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. |
| 289499 | Frank Scheck | The Hollywood Reporter | Rotten | — | 2018-01-19T23:45:56.000Z | 2018-01-19 23:45:56 | 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. |
| 289500 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2018-01-19T23:20:57.000Z | 2018-01-19 23:20:57 | Den of Thieves is way too derivative of similar motion pictures (most notably Heat) and features a script that continually presents the majority of its characters as short-tempered nincompoops. |
| 289501 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Fresh | — | 2018-01-19T22:41:05.000Z | 2018-01-19 22:41:05 | Despite possessing nary an ounce of originality at any moment as things play out in a quite familiar style, enough of what's present works. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, Nudity, etc. - also Available) |
| 289502 | Dwight Brown | National Newspaper Publishers Association | Fresh | — | 2018-01-19T22:20:53.000Z | 2018-01-19 22:20:53 | You'd think those [Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber] would steal the movie. But no, that honor goes to O'Shea Jackson, Jr., the son of Ice Cube who played his dad in Straight Outta Compton. |
| 289503 | Chris Knight | National Post | Rotten | 1/5 | 2018-01-19T22:11:46.000Z | 2018-01-19 22:11:46 | Enter the cinema and it will soak you of two hours and 20 minutes of your time, delivered in small, unremarkable scenes. And no insurance policy in the world will ever reimburse you. |
| 289504 | Steve Persall | Tampa Bay Times | Rotten | — | 2018-01-19T21:21:29.000Z | 2018-01-19 21:21:29 | [Gerard] Butler's the same bullet-spewing, order-barking bop bag he always plays in Den of Thieves. |
| 289505 | Bob Strauss | Los Angeles Daily News | Rotten | — | 2018-01-19T19:15:32.000Z | 2018-01-19 19:15:32 | "Den of Thieves" is an action vehicle that barely moves. |
| 289506 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | San Francisco Examiner | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2018-01-19T18:00:29.000Z | 2018-01-19 18:00:29 | A pretty good, tighter, shorter movie might have been rescued from this dumb, disagreeable behemoth, but nobody bothered. |
| 289507 | Matthew Razak | Flixist.com | Rotten | 3/10 | 2018-01-19T17:45:25.000Z | 2018-01-19 17:45:25 | The most January movie to ever January. |
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