The Town

The movie industry in the recent years has seen little or very few full fledged robbery movies. And of those which have been made in the last 10 or so years. Few has been nearly as impactful as the hallmark of robbery movies which involves a pack of surfers robbing banks in ex-presidents masks.

The Town is exactly one such movie matching, if not better than, those high standards. It is an exceptional gem that looks slightly unpolished at first glance but the fact that it balances tense action scenes, cool emotions and crackling wit with a slight pinch of dark humour so very well that audiences are kept on the edge of their seats at every turn not exactly knowing how the game of cat and mouse will eventually play out.

Ben Affleck has definitely placed himself on the A-list of action movies being the brains in the movie and behind it. He gives a most convincing performance proving that gentlemanly behaviour is not only a choice, but also a state of mind regardless of one's chosen profession.

Jeremy Renner once again plays the high octane, violent character and all in spades too. But only this time, he does so on the other side of the law.

Rebecca Hall, the victim, ironically clueless of it all gravitates with her sense of goodness and that which is normal admist the chaos.

Seeing this movie is very much like catching a shooting star. Always hoping to see one as such and wishing that there are more like it after...