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.

Gerard Butler continues to fly the flag for high-octane action movies, but is his latest thriller sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, a worthy addition to the genre? The follow-up, which sees Butler’s Detective Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien break bad and join forces with the villain from the 2018's Den of Thieves,

Big Nick and his boys have heisted a No. 1 opening. Lionsgate’s crime sequel “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” debuted on top of domestic charts after cashing roughly $5.8 million on opening day from 3,008 theaters.