A decent storyline, good action sequences - a nice surprise!

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2010)

Surprised at how good this film was to say it's Ben Affleck directed by Ben Affleck. His lead performance was almost a case of 'less is more', he played a moody, quiet type pretty damn well, nowhere near as annoying as I've seen him in other movies.
Elsewhere there's a decent performance by Rebecca Hall as Affleck's love interest, Jeremy Renner is as annoying and aggressive as his trigger-happy role dictates and Jon Hamm is a convincingly over zealous FBI Agent (although I struggled to take him seriously after his 'pretty bubble' role in 30 Rock but that's just a personal view!).
The storyline is good - well structured and the action sequences are definitely edge-of-your seat stuff. The only thing which I found let it down, and this is a minor quibble, is the ending, as in right at the very end. A tad too soft and touchy feely for me I'm afraid. If this film was just a little bit grittier it would have been a cracker, as is it's well worth a watch and is a great surprise - Well done Affleck.