More Heat than lite

Rating: 6/10 (8 October 2010)

The point of heist movies is that they are pretty much the same. From the Aussie gem Money Movers to the classic Heat, it is another way to view the relationship between man, woman and money.
The Town - following on from The Wire - bases itself in a single urban area. We are introduced to its bad denizens. Affleck is vaguely convincing - in parts - as a lowlife criminal. Well, he isn't truly with it but he doesn't actually do harm.
Rebecca Hall performance as the innocent moll is a bit strong, but like Affleck she is watchable.
Yes, this tears off a great deal from Heat - but that is no bad thing. Heat could be remade every two years and I'd probably see it all the time. The Town is predictable but well put together, which makes you wonder what genre Affleck wants to try his hand at next.