Review : The Town

Director: Ben Affleck

Release Date: 4^th of October 2010

Genre : Action and drama?

Casting: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner

Memorable quote:

Doug MacRay: [narrating] Driver's name is Arthur Shea. Former Metro Police officer, fifty-seven years old. Soon as his partner leaves with the coal bag, Artie cracks a Herald, and he don't look up 'til the guy gets back. Marty Maguire. Cummins Armored courier. Five-ten, two-twenty, fifty-two years old. Picks up every Wednesday and Friday at exactly 8:12, makes a hundred and ten dollars a day, carries a Sig nine. And he's about to get robbed.

What it’s all about: In the quite city called Charlestown it is said that bank robbers feel at home. The city holds the title ,” most bank robberies per capita” ( I think that's bullshit, but who knows). A local crew pulls of a job, but when things go south they take a woman hostage. After the job is done its decided not to " take care" of her since she didn't see anything that could incriminate the crew. During her surveillance things get delicate between the crew leader and the hostage, not knowing he is the criminal that threatened her life in the past!

Why yes? I like action movies, and I love good action movies. In this one we had all the ingredients for a good one, Details, good script, suspense and great rhythm. You have two sorts of action movies. One were you have one huge action scene during the whole movie, and others have some peeks with adrenaline crushing scenes. This one without a doubt has the peeks. But don't understand me wrong , between the peeks, the movie goes on with a great story and great flow. Not everybody loves Affleck, but here he proved to everyone that he can act and direct at the same time. Jeremy Renner as the badass- bad-boy as usual was really great, liked his character and especially his ending. Hall and Hamm are main characters that actually fall in the background , not too much of them. The florist was great ,loved him, he had this Irish old school mob face, perfect for his character. The last thing and one of the most important things, the costumes were great, so original and perfect, prepare yourself for some Halloween options.

Why not? When you will see this movie you will probably understand this better, but even so, you find a lot of loose ends in the movie that could have been used to make it even better. For example, the other police agent who hates the robbers, the tattoo on the back of the neck, his father, all of those could give the film another edge. Not too much negativity here, since I liked it pretty much. You find a couple of scenes that are maybe not necessary, you could cut them out in the editing.

Well...

Great action film, great directing and acting by Affleck. The not screwing around crew was awesome, everyone had his place and was perfect in it. I liked the professionalism in the criminal acts, loved the accent and personality given to the different actors. Watch it, not necessarily in the movies, but you could, wouldn't be a waste. Because of all the above I grade this one...

Grade: (8 out of 10)

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