The Town

Rating:5
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner
Genre: Drama

The movie opens with a bank robbery and ends with a heist of Fenway Park. In between, we watch a romance develop involving Affleck, the leader of the neighborhood gang of felons, and Hall, the manager of the bank that was robbed. She, of course, doesn’t recognize Affleck as the robber since he was effectively disguised. The movie has been highly rated by reviewers who are impressed with Affleck’s dual skills as actor and director. There are numerous wild car chases and profuse gun play from which Affleck miraculously manages to escape. Jon Hamm(of “Mad Men” fame) plays the no-nonsense FBI man who is constantly being foiled by the gang. We’re supposed to begin rooting for the bad guys but it doesn’t work for me.