Poor old Ben Affleck's acting has always been subject to a hefty amount of scorn. Unfortunately, he does himself no favours here. Often sounding like a punch drunk stroke victim, Affleck's performance is so wooden, slow and plain you will drift off half way through. Poor old Ben, the same can be said of his direction too...
The film is littered with basic, fundamental film making flaws. The pacing is tired and stale, drifting from one awkward conversation to another. At no point was I convinced Hall's character would EVER be interested in Affleck's slow talking, world weary criminal, but then we aren't really told a great deal about her. Rebecca Hall struggles to make a role devoid of any character come to life. However, Jeremy Renner's character is intimidating and well played (if ultimately under-utilised) and the actual hiest scenes are enjoyable. I can't think of much else positive to say.
Despite the film's generally warm critical reception, I cannot understand why anyone but uber lovers of the genre would be interested in this cliched, badly scripted, boring 'COP DRAMA' that views like it was made for television.
3/10
