PanteraDen of Thieves 2: Pantera dives back into the morally gray space between the worlds of criminals and law enforcement and changes the franchise’s core character dynamics in novel ways. Written and directed by Den of Thieves creator Christian Gudegast,

The dogged cop and wily thief butt heads again in Christian Gudegast's follow-up to his 2018 heist thriller. Imagine the iconic diner sit-down scene between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s Heat stretched out to feature length and you’ll get some idea of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Christian Gudegast's action sequel occasionally works, but gets too caught up in cliche criminal caper tropes.