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Den of Thieves

Apex Mountain

Pablo Schreiber; three-for-three suit stores; Los Angeles Fed; school rivalry; Benihana; misdirected stripper texts; gearing up; Angel City Donuts; 50 Cent’s film career

In the discussion (16)
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  • Apex: Butler's second career phase is associated with this film, but 300 remains a competing first peak and receives an explicit preference; participants disagree about which has the stronger present identity.
  • Pablo Schreiber is affirmed for this film, with The Wire as the alternative.
  • The specific three-for-three suit store is an affirmative Apex choice, distinguished from all suit stores.
  • The Los Angeles Federal Reserve Bank is an affirmative Apex choice.
  • Describing things as Fort Knox is proposed without a settled affirmative choice.
  • Long Beach Poly versus South Torrance is affirmed, particularly for South Torrance.
  • Shooting ranges lose to Beverly Hills Cop II because of their greater importance to its plot.
  • Benihana is counted as an affirmative Apex choice after the hosts ask the director in the audience whether the location qualifies.
  • Accidental texts intended for a stripper but sent to a wife are an affirmative film-specific Apex choice; Tiger Woods is offered outside movies.
  • Second-generation Heat films are debated through Den of Thieves, The Town, Triple Frontier, and Widows; no final winner is established.
  • Putting on protective gear for a street gunfight after a heist is affirmed as an Apex choice.
  • O'Shea Jackson Jr. is considered against Straight Outta Compton; one participant identifies him with Donnie, while another predicts the sequel will be his peak.
  • Bad things happening in donut stores lose to Boogie Nights, with a note that Buck's experience eventually funds his stereo shop.
  • Drinking milk from the carton is compared with Anchorman.
  • Angel City Donuts itself is affirmed as an Apex choice.
  • 50 Cent is praised for fitting the ensemble and playing off Pablo without his celebrity overwhelming the character. This is affirmed as his movie Apex, distinct from the larger career peak of Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Keeping him alive for the sequel is proposed.