Doug Liman’s heist movie is a loosely amiable return to South Boston for Matt Damon (left) and Casey Affleck, who also co-wrote the film. — Photo: Apple TV
Though depression lurks around the edges of The Instigators, Doug Liman’s heist movie is a loosely amiable return to South Boston for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, who also co-wrote the film, now streaming on AppleTV+.
In the film’s opening moments, Rory (Damon), a former Marine, tells his therapist, Dr. Rivera (Hong Chau), that after a lifetime of screw ups and disappointments, he’s not so much forlorn as simply ready to cash in his ticket. His phrase is a telling one for a film where midlife disappointments and a ramshackle heist-gone-wrong plot collide in farcical ways.
Summary:
A decidedly old-school kind of caper
