Ben Affleck's The Town was a very compelling action drama

Rating: 9/10 (30 September 2010)

Well, this is the first time I've seen a movie directed by Ben Affleck, as opposed to both starring and co-writing as well, and I must say that I was very impressed with what I saw! He plays the lead character, a heist thief from the Charlestown suburb of Boston, with compelling empathy that one hopes he doesn't step too much over the line when he does the things he does here. I mean, yes, he steals and shoots and doesn't always make the right decisions but he also has a reasonable background that explains his plight. And he's picked the right cast in people like Rebacca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, and Chris Cooper among others in bringing this action drama to the screen. I don't think I've seen any flaws, story-wise, while watching but maybe that's because I was just very absorbed on just how things seemed really connected that the whole thing just took me away. So on that note, The Town comes highly recommended.