The Town

I almost hate to say it but I'm becoming a big fan of Ben Affleck. As an actor he's been rather inconsistent; as a director, however, he started off with the solid Gone Baby Gone and follows it with The Town.

While the plot of The Town is very similar to the superior Heat, in practice there is enough originality in the characters and setting to distinguish the film. Heat had the advantage of being a 3 hour epic with plenty of time to develop its main characters. The Town is a simpler but nonetheless effective crime drama. Add in a strong cast and some well orchestrated heist sequences and you have an above average thriller.

While The Town is fairly simplistic in places, it takes its time and trusts that the material and acting can carry the film. Well worth your time. 4/5

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