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DEN OF THIEVEs: **


Only two stars out of a possible five and that is being nice. While the name is appropriate for the plot in the flick it could also apply to the writer/director Christian Gudegast and whomever supported it, clearly its fleecing people of cash,and other artists.
Let me explain this a little further without going onto a rant. Den of Thieves takes everything that was good about : The Usual Suspects, Heat, The Town, and insert any additional Heist movie, and makes your neighbors cat eat it, then served us the regurgitated hairball from the cat.

Pro:
Decent cast. They did the absolute best that they could. O'Shea Jackson Jr, has 6 credits to his name, so I'll let him pass with you did good, but improvement is needed in the future.
Inclusion of other nationalities . Hawaiians, Samoans, and others Represented. Sure minor roles, but they were there. THERE WAS SO MUCH BROWN GOODNESS.

Con:
Blatant theft of almost every somewhat decent action/heist flick in the past 30 yrs
Random scenes that do nothing
Action sequences that could've been executed better.
Hardees/Carl Jr's Placement. (

Overall:
 I would probably watch this again. If only to see if I was being overly harsh.
Its entertaining. It will provide from a break from reality if needed. The stand out is Pablo Schreiber. Intense performance that has you rooting for the bad guy and at the end you feel as a viewer  a little bad as to what occurs to his character.
Gerard Butler didn't dial in this performance, but went a little over the top to the point of where I lost interest. That and the unnecessary Close-ups and my personal favorite whenever it used. The Soul Searching on the beach Stance. You know the one. A character is standing on the beach wondering about their life choices, mainly why are they standing on a beach, fully clothed, while the world is unraveling and they have sand in their navel.
O'Shea Jackson I look forward to seeing what else he can do. I'm still out on the fence whether or not the character bothered me, or the execution of the performance bothered me.

As always make your best judgement with your viewing choices. For this one, I would rather watch the trailer, and add on the last 20 min of the actual movie to feel satisfied.