The Town - Not Just Hunting For A Paycheck

The Town - Not Just Hunting For A Paycheck

The Town is an nearly flawless film, an simple ten outside of ten, I'd reckon, however for that bit of formula that could have been avoided. Roger Ebert noted a dependency on the automobile chases and shoot-outs, however failed to mention one crucial body: Affleck knows how to administer them. Consider the instant classic Fenway Park heist, and the subsequent shoot-outside that follows. There are moments in film every immediately and then when you can tell the director is so confident in what he's doing that he seems to just sit back and watch everything fall into place. This climax is one of those moments. It's symphonic, in a path, and if it doesn't prove Affleck's worth in Hollywood, I don't believe anything will. This film is perfectly adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan. It feels like a film that could stand on its own, and Affleck makes the material his own, while paying respect to Charlestown and the novel itself. Fantastic adaptations can do that. If you borrow someone's toys, you don't break them.
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