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Even though 'Gone Baby Gone' was, in my opinion, slightly overrated, I definitely enjoyed it so I was really curious to check this 2nd directing effort from Ben Affleck. Well, once again, I enjoyed it but it still think that this movie was overrated as well. Still, I have to admit it, the directing was once again really solid and it must have been be the best heist movie since 'Heat'. Indeed, the robbing scenes were very well done as they seemed very realistic but also just plain entertaining to watch. Furthermore, and that was probably the biggest success in this movie, the characters were very well written and played, especially Jeremy Renner who displayed once again that he is a new actor we should all reckon with. To be honest, I had never heard of Charleston before but they managed to give it a really gloomy and gritty feeling. Furthermore, they also managed to show the adrenaline kick, the excitement involved during a robbing but they also displayed the dispair and doom involved in such a lifestyle. Eventually, there was only one thing that really bothered me was the romantic sub-plot involving Ben Affleck and Rebecca Hall. Inded, while the most of the movie was pretty awesome and realistic, this subplot was unfortunately really far-fetched and, in my opinion, it didn't really fit with the rest. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was a really neat action movie and it is definitely worth a look.
7/10
