A constant stream of new television and movie content invades our favorite streaming subscriptions on almost a daily basis. In fact, the beginning of each month sort of acts as a reset as new original IP and popular films enter our carefully crafted queues. And beginning July 1st, you can add Ben Affleck’s The Town to that list.
It’s arguably Affleck’s best film as a director. Sure, Argo may have won the Oscars, but The Town is a riveting bank robbery movie with terrific performances (Particularly Jeremy Renner) and superb action sequences. Affleck is currently in the news over speculation that he’ll return for reshoots on Justice League. He may have been a solid Batman, but something a little closer to home is where he’s best suited.
And it’s Affleck right in his own backyard: Boston. While his first feature, Gone Baby Gone, is more of a morality tale about nature vs. nurture and the seedy underbelly of Boston, his sophomore effort is a straight-forward crime movie that takes elements from Heat, The Departed and The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
It’s certainly his most entertaining movie. A car chase in the middle of the film is riveting with our robbers wearing very memorable nun disguises. Shot practically, the chase involves driving down very narrow Boston streets. It’s both claustrophobic and kinetic. And they do all of it in a mini-van. The set piece also ends on a funny note.
The finale takes place at Fenway Park (Affleck is one of the few who could have pulled that off) and involves a lot of gunfire and while isn’t quite on the same level as Heat (What movie is?), is still chaotic and visceral in its own way.
Now that Netflix added their Top 10 lists which give us a better sense of what’s popular at the moment on the streaming service, some older movies or underseen ones are getting a second life. The Town was already a celebrated action film from the past decade. The fact that it comes to Netflix next month will only increase its popularity in the lexicon.
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