Straight off the bat, this guy is pegged as less masculine than the other two and hes even told directly that hes not in the same league as either of them. We see him slinking home one morning, Everlasts What Its Like playing in the car, and his wife catches him deleting his call log in the kitchen. Martin obviously saw something he liked in the actress because, in 2010, he cast her in her first and only lead: The title role in his filmRaven, playing a seductive and ageless female vampire alongside the likes of Dee Wallace and Weston Cage Coppola, the son of Nicolas Cage. Later in her career, the roles would get meatier, though the films remained on the small side. If theyd actually taken a moment, they wouldve realized that its a film that appeals to guys, especially macho guys, but one that ends up showing them that this path isnt always the best option in life. Browse other questions tagged, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site, Learn more about Stack Overflow the company. Pretty much the classic "we're just the same, you and I" cops and robbers schtick infused with Monster Energy-fueled over-the-top masculinity and the weightless gun-worship of mid-2000s gaming culture. The recently paroled, special forces-trained Ray Merriman is the leader of the Outlaws, a gang of ex-military men whose tactical skills have helped them evade capture. Hes been wearing leather the entire film, he made fun of Lobbin Bob for wearing a suit at the start, but right after the scene where he dominates the two men his wife was on a double date with hes trying on a suit of his own. Additionally, Butler and Jackson Jr. were in talks to reprise their roles. Thats what I wanted to explore with Days Too Dark - a story about a man, for men. Den of Thieves is an analysis and exploration of masculinity in the modern age, about how the old school ways dont work anymore. Aerial shots of Los Angeles included the Vincent Thomas Bridge, the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island and the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles. Marcus Rhodes (Marcus LaVoi), a member of Merrimen's crew uses a Saiga 12K shotgun in the opening heist. Not willing to give up just yet, Big Nick goes to strip club and picks up Rays girlfriend and bangs her but then that was all part of the plan, because Ray told her to go along with it and to feed him some bad information. Bonus Content: (directed by) Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Cliff Martinez . All Rights Reserved. Not sure. "Borracho" (Maurice Compte), one of O'Brien's fellow officers, has a holstered Beretta 92FS during the final shootout. My old man used to travel the world and go on all sorts of crazy adventures for work, while mum stayed at home to raise my sister and I. This all stems back to my own book, Days Too Dark. This is not bad for a bit part, B-movie actress one with quite a bit more talent and tenacity than that descriptor would imply. Her next role wasn't until 1994, as "Calendar Girl" in the little-seen thrillerTurn of the Blade. While theyre quite content to gun down security personnel and police officers who stand in their way, they chose not to shoot any civilians even if theyre witnesses to the gangs crimes. But if theyre always torn to shreds because theyre not more female-focused, then the message will never get across and the desired change will never be achieved. Being a hyper masculine douche-bag either gets you killed, or leaves you with nothing - thats the message of this story. Through a series of flashbacks, we see Donnie dutifully taking notes while listening to Federal Reserve workers, security guards, bank employees, and cops blabbing about their jobs after knocking back a few beers. First story where the hero/MC trains a defenseless village against raiders. But then, the movie tries to flip the script by showing that the guy was in on the whole thing and had asked his girlfriend to do so in order to potentially get information from him for the heist. [9], On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "Rotten" 42% rating, based on 137 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. Lobbin Bob shows up, says hes sorry about Big Nicks dead teammate and then tells him that he really needs to stop smoking. Screw procedure, to hell with contaminating the crime scene, Big Nick is a maverick cop who doesnt give a shit but he gets results, goddamn it! After the Federal Reserve heist, O'Brien goes back to the bar where Donnie works, which we saw several times earlier in the movie. Gudegast explained, "It's a function of getting movies made in the studio system. The Noveske N4 Diplomat is primarily used by Bo "Bosco" Ostroman (Evan Jones), a member of Merrimen's crew. Despite its cast of bankable stars, and with viable genre-marketing in their favor, the film took a surprising amount of time to gestate before its January 19 th release - 6 years to be exact. Also during the '90s, Williams worked early and often in television, first popping up in two separate roles in two different episodes ofMurder, She Wrote in 1993 and 1994. Why did Merrimen's girl tell him "I did what you told me" after sleeping with Nick? Hes been gone for coming up on eight years now, and let me tell you that you dont want to be the sort of person whose absence makes life easier. Editor: Joel Cox Neither men really saw this woman as worth anything, she was just a piece of trash to be used to get to the other. Merrimen and his crew prepare to rob the heavily guarded Federal Reserve: with approximately $30 million in old bills removed from circulation each day, they plan to steal the untraceable money before it is shredded. Along with this, theres a scene with Big Nick standing alone on a beach at sun rise, or sun set. Director of photography, Terry Stacey, shot the movie using the Arri Alexa XT Plus digital motion picture camera. And it's at this point that we find out that neither Donnie nor the heist the planning of which we've spent the entire movie watching are quite as they seem. Picking-up on the gang and now after a shoot-out tracking them no-nonsense cop and team-leader ''Big Nick' Nick O'brien (Gerard Butler) who during his investigation grabs local suspect . As macho as Big Nick and Levi Levoux both are, neither of them have any sons and there will be nobody to carry on their names after theyre gone. Den of Thieves (2018) Pablo Schreiber: Ray Merrimen Showing all 13 items Jump to: Photos (12) Quotes (1) Photos Quotes Ray Merrimen : I ain't cuffin' up 'Big Nick' O'Brien : That's ok. | They make light of the fact that he pissed himself when Big Nick tasered him and then basically torture him into telling them everything they want to know about Rays gang. When was the term directory replaced by folder? Production began in January 2017. For more information, please see our But there are still criminals who are going to rob a bank, so Big Nick goes and has a pissing contest with them, just to let them know hes onto them. Obviously, the whole scene was very tense since you would expect someone to flip out in rage when he gets home and the guys there with his girlfriend. Shows like Orange is the New Black, The Handmaids Tale and Wynonna Earp are all shows that are insincere attempts to evoke some sort of social change, because theyre designed to preach to those already converted. Lobbin Bob is smaller, clean shaven with a nice haircut, and hes wearing a suit. God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes,'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues , Tagged: Movie, Feminism, Days too Dark, Writing, Toxic Masculinity, Fallout 76 - a Post-Apocalyptic Playground. Nella tana dei lupi 2 (Den of Thieves nell'originale in inglese) un progetto che sembra avere tutte le carte in regola per vedere la luce in futuro. The next morning Merrimen randomly walks in on them, the woman flees, they stare each other down, then Merrimen leaves. While the movie didn't make much of a cultural splash upon its initial release, its wild revelations in its final moments have led to a resurgence of interest now that it's available to stream on Neflix. Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber star in 'Den of Thieves,' Christian Gudegast's crime thriller about a team of bank robbers and the cops trying to catch them. A gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. Instead, theres a convoluted cat-and-mouse game between the two main characters that defies explication, let alone credibility. 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. Ray Merriman (Pablo Schreiber) is the leader of a clutch of well-trained bank-robbers, responsible for a string of recent robberies. Donnie, hidden inside a cart of cash, is wheeled inside a counting room as the thieves disrupt the room's power, making it seem like a common brownout. In Los Angeles, a team of ex- MARSOC Marines led by Ray Merrimen hijack an armored truck. And the thing is, the one man to come out on top was Donnie. His eldest daughter is about to go to her prom night, and her date arrives to pick her up. This was confusing to me too since they made some strong implications but didnt lay everything out crystal clear. Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad) is a 2018 American heist action film[3] written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast. It's Los Angeles and a team of robbers led by Ray Merriman (Pablo Schreiber) rob an armored truck that leads to a few causalities, but as it turns out, the truck is empty. Producers: Gerard Butler, Tucker Tooley, Mark Canton, Alan Siegel The FN SCAR-L is used by Det. When O'Brien opens up the garbage bags full of money with which they were escaping, however, he finds that they weren't transporting the bills marked for destruction, but rather bags of already shredded, and therefore worthless, cash. Den of Thieves was awesome, but I feel like I missed something with regard to what occurred between Big Nick, Merriman, and Merriman's girlfriend. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Everyone knows you get better results when you change things from the inside, rather that from the outside. Can I (an EU citizen) live in the US if I marry a US citizen? A gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. Also, he was gone for so long so damn often, that it was awkward when he was home. | What appears to be a SIG-Sauer P226 mounted in a CAA Tactical RONI-SI1 is seen in the hands of Levi Enson (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson). 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