Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) and his three friends (Including Hothead Jem Coughlin (Jeremy Renner) from the derelict neighborhood of Charlestown (Is in Boston) successfully rob a bank while taking his director Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall) hostage. Fearful that maybe she could recognize them he approach her. An unlikely romantic relationship blossoms among more heists while FBI agent Adam Frawley(Jon Hamm) tries to pin them down.
It’s official, “Gone baby gone” is not a lucky moment and Ben Affleck is a very competent director. Is a shame that he put himself as the protagonist of his second movie because as an actor he still has his limits and this is not the right role for him. He is still somewhat wooden in his delivery and doesn’t manage to put a spark of life in his character.
The movie in itself has very good action scenes, including one of the very best car chases of recent memory, but is somewhat formulaic. We saw countless times the “last heist then I’ll retire” that goes terribly wrong, the “hothead”, the “leader who tries to do the job without shooting a bullet” etc.
Affleck is more successful in his depiction of Charlestown and actually manages to establish the neighborhood as a character upon itself that cast a shadow over the whole movie. Doug only wants to go away while Jem embraces it as a part of his personality.
This is also the second last performance of the late Pete Postlethwaite. He was an incredibly gifted actor who never got top billing because he didn’t have the look.
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