Make way for Ben Affleck. He's arrived...again.

Rating: 8/10 (27 September 2010)

This movie proves that Gone Baby Gone is not a fluke by Ben Affleck. The man is definitely talented and we can expect great movies from him in the future as well.
The Town, although comes across as a heist movie, is an intense drama in lives of the criminals, the law enforcement and the victims. Ben and Jeremy were Doug and James throughout the movie. They were their characters till the end. I thought Jeremy Renner was great in Hurt Locker. In this movie he's nothing short of perfect. John Hamm, Mad Men fame, is adequate given the role. He did a fine job. Blake Lively is eye candy on Gossip Girl and in The Town is all that and then some. She gave an extraordinary performance and looked very hot. I wish her character was a bit more longer. Rebecca Hall had a tough role to play and she did justice to her role.
The background score and the camera work are great. The action scenes are splendid and were realistic and not gravity defying for a change.
Now, let's talk about the captain of the ship, Ben Affleck. The screenplay and the direction are impeccable. The story is wafer thin but the execution is great. There is never a bad scene or a bad action sequence in the movie. The movie maintains its pace for the full 2 hours. Ben did an amazing job of getting the best out of his cast and is therefore a very successful director of one of the best action/drama movies this year.