Pantera debuts in the US theaters today. Review scores for the sequel have now started to come in and have surpassed those of the original, with the movie getting strong ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.

Pantera debuts in the US theaters today, January 10. Review scores for the sequel have now started to come in and have surpassed those of the original, with the movie getting strong ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.

Christian Gudegast's sequel ups the stupidity of the cat-and-mouse thriller that preceded it en route to becoming far more entertaining than it had any right to be.

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. Admittedly, there's a terrific action sequence in director-screenwriter Christian Gudegast's follow-up to his overlong 2018 heist thriller.