Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2016)

Great movie, despite starring, and being directed by, Ben Affleck. Decent plot, gritty, character-based but with plenty of action. Gritty, though maybe a touch unoriginal and too trite, especially with regard to the romantic angle.
Excellent direction (that's the biggest surprise) - the car chases are gripping but not overdone, the action is frenetic but not gratuitous, characters have time to be sketched, and some of the scenes could be straight out of the Tarantino playbook.
Excellent performances, all round. Ben Affleck is solid in the lead role - and it takes a lot for me to say that. I am generally not a fan of his work. Rebecca Hall is also very good as the romantic interest.
Performance of the movie must go to Jon Hamm though, as the clever, tough, no-nonsense FBI agent. Shows that he is not just a TV actor.
After been deservedly nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner puts in another good performance in a tough- to-the-point-of being-psychotic role.
Watch this movie.