73.THE TOWN (2010)

THE TOWN (2010)

Language     -      English (United States)

Genre          -      Heist

Director       -      Ben Affleck

*ing             -      Ben Affleck (Doug MacRay), Jeremy Renner (James Coughlin), Rebecca Hall (Claire Keesey)

IMDB Rating- 7.6/10

PLOT

                           A gang of thieves robs a Bank and takes the Manager Keesey as hostage, in case of any crisis occurs. But they leave her into a beach an escape into their hometown, Charlestown in Boston. Later the friends understand that Keesey is living in their own neighborhood, so Doug Macray, the master brain behind all the robberies of the gang decided to monitor her. He gets close to her and falls in love with her.  Meanwhile, the FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley is assigned to investigate the heists to armored trucks and banks in Charlestown and he concludes that the thieves are the four friends. Doug is looking for a way to stop the robberies and start a new life with Keesey, while Frawley is looking for proper evidence to trap the gang.

MY VIEW

                     “The Town” is a classic American Heist film, which is adapted from Chuck Hogan's novel ‘Prince of Thieves’. It shows the life of Charlestown in Boston, a notorious place which was a breeding ground for Bank robbers and Armored car thieves. On the part of acting everyone does a descent job, but I was amazed by only one person and that is Jeremy Renner. I had seen Jeremy Renner only in a tough guy role like the ones in Avengers and Bourne, but here he reprises a bad ass punk who doesn’t care about anything and a troublemaker. He had even spent time with actual convicted bank robbers in Boston to get the accent for the role. There was an Academy Award nomination for his outstanding performance. For each robbery they use different types of mask and the most unique one was the mask with wrinkled face and nun’s veils.

VERDICT

                     It’s a good choice for all those who love heist movies, it’s a also a reminder to say that Affleck is one of the few directors in Hollywood who can make outstanding movies along with his contribution in acting.

Movie Trailer- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840361/videoplayer/vi897975833?ref_=tt_ov_vi