The final act has a massive twist that confirms what everyone suspected about one leading character.

Warning - The rest of this article contains spoilers for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Nick now sees that he has somebody who’s on his level, and he didn’t expect that.

Den of Thieves Gerard Butler

I believe he changed his mind.

I believe he really went there thinking, I’m doing this, I’m doing this.

This is not me.'

Nick in Den of Thieves 2

His life at home is basically screwed.

His family has left him.

Feels like a fish out of water.

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But at the end of the day, he realizes I just can’t do it.

I’m a cop.

I just can’t go against who I am.

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He felt almost fraudulent.

We tried a bunch of different stuff.

And even when we shooting the film, we shot a few different scenes for the ending.

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We’re always just sort of emotionally feeling our way through it.

But that was a difficult call.

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