Den of Thieves
Tough hombre L.A. cop Gerard Butler is bringing the high temperature against a crew of unstoppable bank robbers in a young poke for the 2018 crime filmDen of thief . London Has Fallenscreenwriter Christian Gudegast makes his directorial introduction on the action - packed film from STX Entertainment .
Den of Thieveschronicles the parallel stories of an elite unit of measurement of the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department , led by Butler ’s take - no - prisoners Nick Flanagan , and a crew of super - professional robber planning to heist the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles . 50 Cent , Pablo Schreiber ( Mad SweeneyonAmerican Gods ) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. co - mavin in the offence saga discover by STX Entertainment as " in the vein of Heat . "
Michael Mann ’s 1995 crime classicHeatindeed come to mind during the new trailer forDen of Thievesjust debuted bySTX Entertainment . If the L.A. setting did n’t bring back memory ofHeat , the plot line concerning an elect crime - fighting social unit led by a tough - hombre pig going up against an every bit formidable crew of master thief would for certain have done it . It even count like there ’s a shoot - out styled after the now - illustrious hit man battle between the gang and the copper in the street of Los Angeles inHeat .
Whatever elseDen of Thievesmight be , it ’s mostly being sold here as a Gerard Butler vehicle , with the action mavin ’s presence loom large in the trailer . After thecriticalandbox role disasterofGeostorm , it would be helpful for the role player to bounce back with a in force one-time - fashioned butt - kicking performance in a more traditional action movie . The trailer does feature a delightful bit of Butler badness : A perp lies on the street all pullulate up , and a all remorseless Butler enjoin the wretched guy wire he wo n’t get aesculapian attention unless he cough up some information . Butler ’s fictitious character is clearly not a by - the - playscript sorting of cop , but then neither was Al Pacino inHeat .
The fact that STX Entertainment is uncoerced to own those inevitableHeatcomparisons by deliberately name the Michael Mann film in their officialDen of Thievessynopsis is either an incredibly gutsy move or an incredibly foolhardy one . Either mode , it ’s unlikely thatDen of Thievescomes anywhere nigh to matching the grandness of Mann ’s film , which is regard as one of the true classics of the crime genre . If the flick just turns out to be an entertaining legal action film with Gerard Butler giving a fun ( non - geeky ) tough guy performance , then it will have done its line .
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Den of Thievesisset to hittheaters on January 19 , 2018 .
informant : STX Entertainment
