Butler's brusque, beady-eyed, scowling-hulk charisma has aged well. A quick-fire actor in a caveman's body, he has the ability to lift a piece of pulp so that it almost seems like a real movie.

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.