My Kind of Town

Rating: 7/10 (31 August 2013)

Switches from 'seen-it-in-Point-Break' to some genuinely tense moments, and from occasionally jarring accents to some sharp and sassy dialogue. A good cast is headed by an on-form Affleck and an engaging Rebecca Hall, with a solid and likable Jon Hamm, and a suitably on-the-edge-of-control Jeremy Renner – but they are all outshone in his brief moments on screen by a peerless Pete Postlethwaite. It's a good crime drama, not centring on the mechanics of the job, but on the personal relationships that drive events, and that elevates 'The Town' above other crime thrillers of recent years, making it highly watchable.