The Town

Starring Daredevil and The Hurt Locker

If there's one thing Ben Affleck knows well, its where he's from. Why does his Massachusetts accent sound phony then? That withstanding, he has written and starred in a well made bank robbery movie with plenty of great shoot outs for the common action fan and somewhat of a love story for the ladies too.
Our antiheroes here grew up with criminal surroundings and were sort of bread for a life of prison, drugs and violence. Childhood friends live a life of crime and wouldn't you know it...one of them is a real dick! We have seen this in countless shoot em up/best friend flicks in the past i.e Juice,Goodfella's, and more recently The Expendables but this time around something fresh comes to life and I never thought I would say this but it was Ben Afflecks acting!!! Along with Jeremy Renner, I found these two wholly credible as the two leads with common goals yet differing paths. Renner makes a fantastic jerk, but the kind you want in a fight alongside you. And Affleck, the voice of reason.
Now without giving away too much I would like to focus a bit on some of these shoot outs that I had mentioned earlier. It's all about the sound quality and camera work. With a decent sound system in a theater a shootout can put you right there in the action and this was one such case. This isn't the kind of movie you watch on your I Pad. Don't even rent this one, just go see it how it was meant to be seen. But Jordan you say...I have an amazing surround sound system at home that cost thousands of dollars!! Good for you, but not even close. Does your home system have a 50 foot screen? I didn't think so. Your 50 inches are adorable.
So in short, I didn't care one lick for the love story and I didn't even really care for the friendships tested in this one but I did enjoy the hell out of it otherwise.
So if those things make a movie for you, then maybe you will like it even more!
On a bonus note look for one of the best movie f.u's in recent memory. I laughed out loud for a couple of minutes afterwards.

Rating 3 1/2 fake accents out of 5