The Town is a crackling crime thriller, churning and burning with the perception and execution the guys behind
Takers can only pretend to dream of. Like so many of its brethren, director/writer/star Ben Affleck’s caper rolls along the familiar roads of “one last job” cinema, slamming through timeworn potholes as it dodges its police tail while balancing complicated brotherhood relationships and dangerous new romances. It could easily have been “this generation’s
Heat” but chooses not to be, even as it lays down fire to the familiar score of Michael Mann cinema. Instead
The Town opts for the East Coast blue collar rout, snubbing L.A’s gloss for Celtic pride as it establishes itself as the most Boston of crime dramas.
