Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad) is a 2018 American heist action film written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast. It stars Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, and Max Holloway. In the film, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department clique look to stop a gang of thieves consisting of ex-MARSOC Marines that is planning to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles.
Plot
In Los Angeles, a team of ex-MARSOC Marines led by Ray Merrimen hijack an armored truck. The ensuing shootout with police leaves several dead, including one of Merrimen's crew, as the hijackers escape with the empty truck. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Nick “Big Nick” O'Brien and his team, the Major Crimes Unit, investigates the robbery, making the recently paroled Merrimen his prime suspect. Nick's team kidnap Donnie Wilson, a bartender who confesses to acting as the thieves' unarmed getaway driver. He describes a large sum of cash stolen from a stadium by the crew, but denies knowing their future plans and is released.
More details
| author | Christian Gudegast |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Christian Gudegast |
| editor | David S. Cox Joel Cox Nathan Godley |
| genre | action crime |
| keywords | act armored truck brownout build chinese food crime scene getaway detective electromagnetic pulse fbi federal reserve flee garbage truck gather getaway driver informant kill london los angeles county sheriff\'s department m.o. major crimes unit marine marsoc modus operandi panama parole prime suspect removed from circulation run security guard surveillance their way united states marine corps wound |
| musicBy | Cliff Martinez |
| producer | Alan Siegel Gerard Butler Mark Canton Tucker Tooley |
| productionCompany | Diamond Film Productions G-BASE Tucker Tooley Entertainment |
| publisher | STX Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Atlanta |
| theme | heist |