The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2010)

The Town
The hardest part of robbing banks nowadays is getting the ATM to get down on the ground and to stop looking at your face.
Fortunately, the armed robbers in this heist picture decided to jack the driver of an armored car instead.
Born into a life of crime, constant companions Doug (Ben Affleck) and Jem (Jeremy Renner) mature into seasoned bank robbers. On their most recent job, however, Doug's professionalism begins to slip.
Assigned to shadow a bank teller (Rebecca Hall) that they used as a hostage, Doug inadvertently falls in love.
Meanwhile, a tenacious FBI agent (Jon Hamm) draws ever closer to the boys' identities.
Directed by Ben Affleck, The Town seems like a typical bank job movie, however, familiar fissures in the friendship and promises of "one last time" are accentuated by bold performances and puissant gunplay.
To quell further robberies, banks need to start dispensing nickels only. (Green Light)