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BY DOUGLAS TSENG

MOVIE MATH: OTHER NEW RELEASES
DEN OF THIEVES

We examine the DNA of the cop-
vs-robbers thriller starring Gerard
Butler.

Kickboxer: Retaliation (PG13)
Heat Starring Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme | Directed
by Dimitri Logothetis
Super-cops take on It’s the Motion Picture Event of the Year: The
Super-crooks! sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance! It’s got Christopher
Lambert and Mike Tyson. Still interested?
+

Olympus Has
Fallen
Gerard Butler shoots
hard with a vengeance!

x Youth (NC16)
Starring Huang Xuan, Miao Miao | Directed by Feng Xiaogang
Hey, you, in the back — do you know what it’s
Ocean’s Eleven like to be dancers in the cultural divison of the
Let’s rob an People’s Liberation Army in the ’70s? Nothing?
un-robbable place! Good, me neither.
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DEN OF
THIEVES (TBA)

Starring Gerard
Butler, Pablo
Schreiber | Directed
by Christian
Gudegast Loving Vincent (M18)
At its core, Den Starring the voices of Robert Gulaczyk, Saoirse Ronan |
of Thieves is Directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman
really about This animated biopic of painter Vincent van Gogh
two feuding is one of this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar
gangs — one nominees, and the one least likely to win.
is comprised of
ex-soldiers (led by Pablo Schreiber) specialising JAN 18-21 JAN 19-21
in armed robberies, the other is a thuggish police Jumanji: Welcome to the
squad (fronted by Gerard Butler). Wait, isn’t this just 1 2 The Greatest Showman 1 Jungle
The Commuter
a warmed-over Heat, Michael Mann’s 1995 magnum 3 12 Strong 2 12 Strong
opus starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro? It 4 Along with the Gods 3 Den of Thieves
is. But if you keep the comparisons at bay (kinda SOURCE: CINEMATOGRAPH FILM EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION SOURCE: CINEMATOGRAPH FILM EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION 5 Satan’s Slaves 4 The Post
hard), Den of Thieves isn’t too bad; it tries to gun for 6 Jumanji: Welcome to the 5 The Greatest Showman
Heat’s epic scale and emotional richness, but with 7 Jungle 6 Paddington 2
The Post
less success. The finale is different, though — it 8 Insidious: The Last Key 7 8 The Commuter
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
belongs in a different kind of heist flick. 9 10 A Better Tomorrow 9 10 Forever My Girl
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