Trailer for Ben Affleck’s The Town

Published by Jeff Leins on July 17, 2010

This weekend, attached to prints of Warner Bros’ Inception is the trailer for The Town, a crime drama starring Ben Affleck, “Mad Men” actor Jon Hamm, Hurt Locker actor Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, and Rebecca Hall. The Boston-based film is an adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s novel “The Prince of Thieves” about the leader of a gang of bank robbers.

You’ll notice the trailer says “From the acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone” without pointing out that person is Ben Affleck.  When will this guy catch a break?  How many good movies does he have to direct or star in before people forget Gigli or Daredevil? From the looks of this trailer and the early word of mouth, maybe this could be the film that finally redeems him.

See it here or at Apple.com:

Official synopsis:
Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang’s latest job, when they briefly took a hostage–bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name…and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug…not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.