Pantera" features the world's first electric car chase. When writer and director Christian Gudegast was thinking about the film's sequel, he knew he needed to raise the stakes, and what better way to do that than with an all-action,

O’Shea Jackson Jr. returns as Donnie, the once-unassuming heist driver, who is now front and center with box office star Gerard Butler for the Den of Thieves sequel.

“Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” took first place in box office with sales of $6 million on Friday, its theatrical debut, according to The Numbers. The heist flick, a sequel to the 2018 film, is expected to earn $15 million its opening weekend, Deadline reported.

In this franchise, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Gerard Butler band together and blur the lines between the actions of an anti-hero and a real villain.

It’s an odd choice to do a sequel to the 2018 heist movie “Den of Thieves” in 2025. The first film made less than $50 million at the domestic box

I wasn’t actively writing about movies when Den of Thieves came out in 2018, so it was one I opted to skip at the time. However, I became aware that a bit of a cult following started to grow around the Gerard Butler heist movie,

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.

We spoke with actors Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. about electric cars, launch control, and dream garages.