




With his second feature, “The Town,” Ben Affleck acquits himself much more honorably as director and actor than as co-writer, showing greater and smoother facility with the film as a medium, as far as grounding the tale in authentic detail, pacing and editing, and coaxing strong performance from his largely male ensemble.
World-premiering at the 2010 Venice Film Fest and playing at the Toronto Film Fest this weekend, "The Town" will be released by Warner on Sep 17.
Director Ben Affleck cast himself well as the lead, Doug MacRay. Though MacRay appears to be one of the typical local men, but he is not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. Unlike them, MacRay once had a chance at success, an opportunity to escape the doomed fate of following in his father's criminal footsteps. Instead, however, he followed tradition and became the leader of a crew of ruthless bank robbers, who pride themselves on taking what they want and getting out clean.