A bank robber (with a heart of gold) falls in love with a woman (with a heart
of gold) and even though he wants to go straight, he can't because he's too deep
into the hoodlum lifestyle. That's the story to about 66 million crime/film noir
movies over the years. Still, for some reason, despite the unoriginal story, the
two dimensional characters and the pedestrian direction I liked this movie. I
guess I just like this story.Ben Affleck plays Ben Affleck with a Irish accent. He was raised in a shitty neighborhood and now he's a bank robber. During one robbery they kidnap a girl then let her go on the other side of town. He fears that she can I.D. them, so he goes to see what she knows. They instantly fall in love. Didn't see that coming. [Rolls handsome eyeballs.] When he's not all blinking butterfly lasers at her over pineapple pizza he's out robbing shit and shooting cops.
Entertaining shootouts, exciting car chase, zero nudity, lots of cussing, endless macho posturing. Enjoyable movie, worth a watch, but we've seen it all before.
