It seems like a real long time since a real good drama has been at the box office. But The Town with Ben Affleck is certainly worth the wait.
I am not a big Affleck fan at all. I think we all have liked him in a few movies from time to time. Bbut for my money, he has made a bunch of very forgettable to even bad movies of all kinds since his best work in 1997's Good Will Hunting. But The Town is a good example that really good movies begin with really good stories. And that's what we've got here. Affleck takes this story, stars in it and directs it too right down the middle, and not off into the ditch.
The Town is the story of a blue collar area of Boston called Charlestown. More bank robbers have been spawned out of this area than any other place in the United States. In many cases it's a "craft" that is passed down from father to son. Affleck plays Doug. His father is in jail for a life of crime, and he seems to be on the same track.
Doug and his gang rob a big bank in Cambridge, and during the robbery a female assistant manager is asked to open the safe, and she does. They decide to take her as a hostage in their getaway. They release her blindfolded and decide to deal with her later. As the story goes on, Doug who was masked during the robbery, now is taking a romantic interest in her. Suddenly, he is having a change of heart, and wants out of the whole organized bank robbing life. But he finds out that is easier said than done. Bring in the feds who are hot on everyone's tail. And this story gets real good real quick. It's a story you haven't seen before, and that is it's biggest strength.
The Town is brilliantly written, acted and put together. A story that just gets better with every frame. Great character development, a perfect amount of action, a nice soundtrack, and all filmed in a fantastic backdrop of Bostons lesser known areas. Affleck is really strong here, and this only goes to prove, most times that good actors look bad is because of really bad scripts. The Town is not a bad script, but one of the years best so far.
The Town. Exceptionally well done!
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The story is not new, but what keeps it feeling fresh is a brilliant performance that go with it. Ben Affleck is finally on her, because this is a film full of action from the beginning. It also realistic because it shows what happens when someone chooses the wrong lifestyle. It is not clear a crime, but the sentence.
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