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There will be oskie talk about the Afflect directed film showing the underbelly of Charlestown which produces the overwhelming majority of Boston's bank and armored truck heister's. This is a close-range film that has the feel of "hand held" that smudges your nose with the grit of the crew and the environment they live in.
Afflect's crew has been quite successful in the past doing their jobs and paying tribute to Pete Postlethwaite the local crime czar. But, their first on-screen job is marred by Jeremy Renner's wildman streak who takes Rebecca Hall (branch manager) hostage in very close bank job that nearly goes bust. After releasing her the question comes up as to what she may have seen and what can she can testify about them. Renner wants to snub her out and Afflect says he'll handle it. Thus begins the complications of criminal/victim romance.
This is a very dramatic film without a lot of laughs and filled with grit, tough guy action, vehicle chases, and death. It has broken romance and the betrayal it often brings. This is an easy triple that almost made it over the fence and has more than enough personal drama to keep the ball & chain interested.
Must see.
PS. You may walk out before a final note to the audience comes up that dedicates the film to the "good people" of Charlestown--who obviously outnumber those depicted.
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verging at times on preposterous. Ben Affleck has turned into a quite skilled action director and those scenes have power. Characterization is somewhat absurd however, the romance being the most absurd. The whole "last crime before I go straight" has been done to death. And you know, on the most basic level, Ben A. has carefully manicured stubble in every scene and he looks exactly like what he is, an A list Hollywood actor, not like any kind of tough hoodlum. I didn't buy much of this. I'm thinking no Oscars for anyone.
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Bad, bad actor...
you could bring yourself to give it a FAIR chance.
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on the screen than in life. Italians? How many American films depict them as hard-working (not for Cosa Nostra), family-oriented folks? Both have survived the stereotypes.
I think Charlestownians can, too....
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have to do with your earlier point about most citizens not being as they're being depicted in film(s)?
that's a heads up to stay until the end of the credits. That's the point, ask Afflect what his was for putting that there since he's a Boston.
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