Den of Thieves (DVD)

Starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Pablo Schreiber and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Directed by Christian Gudegast. Out Tuesday on DVD. 140 minutes. 14A “You’re not the bad guys. We are!” boastful L.A. cop Nick Flanagan (Gerard Butler) tells apprehended gangbanger Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), as Den of Thieves makes multiples of its title.

Donnie’s confused, and so are we, as London Has Fallen screenwriter Christian Gudegast barrels through his first directorial effort with scant regard to narrative clarity. It’s ostensibly a heist thriller, the plan being to steal $30 million from L.A.’s supposedly fail-safe Federal Reserve Bank.

The scheme is led by tattooed master criminal Merrimen (Pablo Schreiber) and his main man Levi (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson), with Donnie driving getaway. Flanagan and his fellow nasties from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department have other ideas, none of them terribly legal.

Here’s the real crime: Who shot the editor? Gudegast and co-writer Paul Scheuring fail to keep their eye on the prize, as they detour into the marital misadventures of Butler’s scenerychewing Flanagan.

There are a few good performances here, especially by Schreiber and Jackson. But at a run time of140 minutes, the heist is sacrificed.

Extras includes deleted scenes, outtakes, an alternate ending and a commentary track.