Den Of Thieves Ending Explained: What Happened To The Money
WARNING: Spoilers for Den of Thieves.
Directed by Christian Gudegast, and currently available to stream on Netflix, 2018's Den of Thieves ends with a major twist that reveals the film's true criminal mastermind, so here's the Den of Thieves ending explained in full. The finale doesn't necessarily explain why a group of criminals would betray their comrades, or how they were able to flee with millions. The key to understanding Den of Thieves ending is really to pay very close attention.
Den of Thieves initially appears to subvert the good guys vs. bad guys premise. Early on, Detective Nicholas «Big Nick» O'Brien (Gerard Butler) arrives at a Los Angeles crime scene and offers up a heavy dose of toxic masculinity. Sure, his acquaintances don't quite like him, but his inner circle of «regulators» are fiercely loyal, evidenced by a party sequence in which they kidnap and question a local bartender named D0nnie Wilson (O'Shea Jackson Jr.). Big Nick declaratively states that he and his crew are the real bad guys, and forces Donnie to give up information about his criminal associate Ray Merrimen (Pablo Schreiber). The primary conflict in Den of Thieves involves Big Nick trying to figure out the scope of Merrimen's next heist. As it turns out, the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve is the crew's next target. Specifically, Merrimen plans to steal $30 million of «unfit» money (currency with no serial numbers) before it's shredded.
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Merrimen's Den of Thieves crew consists of Donnie, Levi (50 Cent), Bosco (Evan Jones), and Mack (Cooper Andrews). Crucially, Merrimen doesn't explain why he knows so much about the inner workings of the Federal Reserve, but everyone trusts him
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