Ben Affleck and a good movie? Who knew...

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2013)

Apparently Ben Affleck does better when he writes, directs and stars in his own movies. The performances that he is able to illicit from the entire cast is stellar. The cast has great chemistry especially between Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner. This is one of those movies that I can watch over and over. The Town is reminiscent of The Departed and like The Departed there are some violent scenes that aren't for the squeamish, if you can tolerate moments of violence watch it. The movie stays as true to the book as best it can with the main difference being that the back stories have been dropped. To me, however, this did not detract from the movie.