Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad ) is a 2018 American heist film written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler , Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson , Pablo Schreiber , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Evan Jones , Dawn Olivieri , Mo McRae , and Max Holloway . In the film, an elite group of County Sheriff Deputies look to stop a gang of thieves planning to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles .