Who would've thought rough, east coast accents with dropped R's would sound so sexy? Then again, I'm sure it has something to do with Ben Affleck being in the mix...
Ex-Ben of the notorious Bennifer (back in the day when Jenny "From the Block" Lopez and Ben Affleck were a thang) has a new cinematic release that has been blowing critics away left and right. The Town is a film about bank robbers in the notoriously crime ridden town of Charlestown, Massachusetts. The cops and robbers story sound done before? Yes. But, Ben Affleck truly outdoes himself in this film with a fantastic, gritty performance as well as all the other actors that co-star along side him.
The central story however is the relationship he ends up developing with a woman they take captive momentarily after one of his crew's heists. His job is to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't have any information that might bring trouble for him and his fellow band of criminals. Sure enough, it turns into a weird version of the 'Nightingale Syndrome' and instead of the nurse falling for the patient, the criminal falls for his victim. Hey, anything goes in movieland.
I wasn't sure if I was going to like how this story ended with the direction it was going 3/4 of the way through. I was getting a gut feeling that something crazy was going to happen to completely ruin the good hour and a half of character development I was pretending to understand. However, I walked out the theater truly impressed but the incredible portrayal of Massachusetts criminals, cops and damsels in distress each actor in this film portrayed. I mean, how can you not be nominated for an Oscar when playing an bank robber dressed as a nun wielding an automatic weapon?! Pay attention Academy! You've got work to do!
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