Pleasant

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2012)

After a poor "Gone Baby Gone", Ben Affleck shows great improvement and manages this time to captivate the viewer with this dynamic and rather well written film, though the love story could have used more romanticism. Also, the extended cut of the movie (+ 25 min approx.) is lengthy even if it clearly contains useful parts.
The cast provokes mixed feelings, with an excellent Jeremy Renner and a touch lower Ben Affleck, a bit too apathetic at moments like his brother Casey. Still, the characters are well developed.
As for the direction, it is mastered yet the use of aerial shots (helicopter shots) turns out to be redundant and useless.