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| Genres: | CrimeThrillerDr |
| Starring: | Chris Cooper, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Pete Postlethwaite, Titus Welliver, Rebecca Hall |
| Director(s): | Ben Affleck |
| Available Quality: | DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 2010 |
| IMDB Rating: | 7.6 |
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
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Visitor Reviews: (20)
16 May 2012
Excellent movie at top of my list
This movie was obviously under-rated. I hadn't heard about this movie until it came to Dvd. Its over the top with action, great story line, very well acted and directed. Affleck is at his best. You may hear that some of the plot is familiar with other movies, believe me, the slight similarity's to any other movie is strongly over shadowed by the great acting, superb directing as well as the little twists that show up throughout the movie. This ones a keeper, don't pass it up.
Jonny Fendi 16 May 2012
Ben Affleck is Our New Respectable Director
If you think Ben Affleck is a great Actor, you should take a betterlook at "Good Will Hunting" (1997). If you think Ben is a greatScreenwriter, you should see "The Town" more thoroughly. In thiz lastmovie, he also becomes the Director. For me, Ben is the third talentedActor-Director in the past decade, beside Clint Eastwood and MelGibson. Thiz is his second long feature after respectable "Gone BabyGone" in 2007. The town is Charleston Boston, where everybody knowseverybody. It revolves around the bank thief Doug (Ben Affleck), hispartner in crime James (Jeremy Renner), along with their former hostageClaire (Rebecca Hall) who will be having a love affair with Doug later,and a FBI agent Adam (John Hamm). All of them get tangled into a catand mouse situation. First half of the movie, it introduces thecharacters and situations. Then the second half, it flips over nicelyby explaining the motives behind those characters. I think Ben issuccess with his directing method because he does not exaggerate thingsup, he just let every thing flows naturally. Yes, he plays save here.The factors that empower thiz movie are simply a good script andconsistent Actor performances. Ben himself shows a very calm andconvincing performance. As well Rebecca Hall as his love interest, Halldelivers a precise fragile and lovable character. Jeremy Renner isdeathly awesome with his street gang attitude. Most of the supportingCast members deserve honorable mentions as well. Blake Lively as Doug'sex-girlfriend and single parent, I have never seen Lively blends intothiz kind of troubled character. Chris Cooper as Doug's behind-the-cellfather, it takes only one scene but it's definitely memorable. And thelast but not least for me, it's Pete Postlethwaite as Fergie the flowerman who is the brain behind the crime. There is strange feeling by onlyhearing his intimidate and unique accent. In the end, we realize thatthe town could change people, and the people are just victims. It'sharder to change the system than the person itself. But to change thesystem, it should start by changing the person as well. And thiz willbe a never-ending circle. But finally, it's totally out of our control.But we can control something for sure, for me it's waiting for anotherBen Afflecks's next project. I will see him again, on thiz side or theother.Visit My Blog on JONNY'S MOVEE : http://jonnyfendi.blogspot.com
Van Roberts 16 May 2012
Affleck Helms A Tour-de-Torce Bank robbery Thriller
Ben Affleck sheds his perennial pretty boy image for the Boston-basedcrime thriller "The Town" that he stars in and co-scripted with "GoneBaby Gone" scenarist Aaron Stockard and freshman scribe Peter Craig.Instead, Affleck casts himself as an unshaven, blue-collar, day-laborerwith close-cropped hair who works at a rock-breaking company. When heisn't smashing rocks into gravel, he leads a crew of criminals thatgives the FBI a run for their money. This realistic, bullet-riddled,bank robbery/armored car heist actioneer qualifies as the best sincedirector Michael Mann's "Heat" (1995) with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. "The Town" bristles with compelling characters, suspensefulsituations, superbly staged robberies, but no special effects. Thissizzling, white-knuckled, cops and robbers saga takes cinematic bankrobbery capers to the next level. Indeed, "The Town" makes "Takers"look like the work of rank amateurs. The procedures that "The Town"criminals follow to pull off a heist constitutes the kind of materialthose old Hollywood movies could never have condoned for fear ofserving as a tutorial for crooks. At the same time, "The Town" doesn'tglorify the notorious characters that Affleck and co-star Jeremy Rennerplay. They pay for the consequences of their larcenous life style.Actress Rebecca Hall plays an innocent bystander who becomes Affleck'sunlikely love interest, while Jon Hamm delivers a first-rateperformance as a tenacious FBI special agent intent on taking downAffleck. The worst thing that you can say about "The Town" is thatadheres to the police procedural formulaic, but Affleck directs withsuch verve that you won't be thinking about the formula."The Town" opens with the factoid that the one-square mile area ofCharleston, Massachusetts, has bred more bank robbers and armored-carthieves than any place in America. The first scene depicts theconsiderable attention to detail that these criminals take to keepthemselves from being nabbed. Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck of "ReindeerGames") and his gang splash bleach on the crime scene to remove tracesof their DNA. They don ghoulish Halloween masks and outfits, wieldfully automatic submachine guns, and destroy anything that might helpthe authorities to identify them. First, they confiscate all the cellphones from employees and customers and then immerse them in anaquarium of water. Second, another gang member sabotages thesurveillance cameras and zaps the memory storage devices for thesecameras in a micro-wave oven. When somebody activates a silent alarm,the robbers take a bank employee, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall), as ahostage, blindfold her, and bind her hands behind her back. Later,after driving her around to disorient her, they turn Claire loose.Naturally, they torch the stolen vehicle used for their getaway. Duringthe heist, however, Claire catches a glimpse of a tattoo on the nape ofthe neck of Doug's psychotic, trigger-happy partner, James Coughlin(Jeremy Renner of "The Hurt Locker"), but she doesn't divulge thisimportant detail to FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley (Jon Hamm of "TheDay the Earth Stood Still") when he questions her. Basically, Coughlinwarned her he would kill her if she informs the Feds about anything.Afterward, Coughlin wants to kill her, but Doug intervenes. He assuresCoughlin that he will handle Claire.Doug follows Claire to a laundry mat one day, and they strike up aconversation. Before long they are seeing each other casually. Dougdoesn't tell Coughlin he is dating Claire. The relationship betweenDoug and Claire blossoms. Claire tells Doug that she works as avolunteer at the Boys and Girls center and saw a photo of Doug as ayoungster. Doug remains guarded about his background He doesn't want toalarm Claire who eventually takes him home for an evening. Previously,Doug drank, gambled, and barbecued with his closest friend James andhis sister Krista Coughlin (Blake Lively of "Accepted"), and theyregard him as family. Krista and he have been casual lovers. Althoughshe has had a baby, Doug denies that the child belong to him. Kristathrives on Oxycontin and cocaine. Earlier, James killed another man whohad planned to kill Doug. James spent 9 years in prison for thekilling. He uses this incident as a means to cement the bonds betweenDoug and himself. Doug, James, Desmond Elden (newcomer Owen Burke) andAlbert 'Gloansy' Magloan (George Carroll of "The Crack Down") work fora genuinely sleazy individual, Fergus 'Fergie' Colm (Pete Postlethwaiteof "The Usual Suspects"), nicknamed 'the Florist,' who has an insidetrack on all the jobs they pull. The Feds have never been able to naileither Fergie or Doug, but they have piled up mountains of informationabout them. For instance, they know Doug's dad, Stephen MacRay (ChrisCooper of "The Kingdom"), is a convicted criminal in prison, and theykeep tabs of every visit Doug makes to see his father.Eventually, Frawley discovers Claire's affair with Doug. If thisdoesn't complicate matters enough, Coughlin demands that the crew pullanother robbery. This time they are taking down an armored car, butDoug has already developed a case of cold feet because of the impactthat Claire has exerted on him. Doug wants to quit, leave Boston, andstart anew with Claire. Doug has always been plagued because his momleft him when he was age six. Stephen has struggled to make Doug forgetabout his mom. Matters come really come to a head when Doug andCoughlin almost botch an armored car heist. Meanwhile, the sagaciousFeds play their ace card to obtain information about Doug and James.They go after Krista. They threaten not only to bust Krista for illicitdrug use, but also they send her young daughter into state care.Finally, Fergie has a really big job planned that will land them $3.5million. Doug refuses to pull the heist until Fergie threatens to killClaire and chemically neuter him. "The Town" erupts with a bang andends with a bang with surprises galore in between.
16 May 2012
"I'll see you again. On this side or the other."
I always like to give credit where credit is due. And while Ben Affleck has been in a string of box office dissapointments after winning an Oscar for Good Will Hunting, he certainly hit his mark with "The Town". For being a first time director, screen writer as well as acting in this film, I think Affleck has hit his mark again in film and I only hope that he continues on his winning streak. The Town opens with a quote.I'm summarizing of course, but as quoted, "No town has produced as many bank robbers as Charlestown. Robbing banks and armoured trucks became a trade passed down from father to son, from one generation to the next."If that didn't grab your interest, the film opens up with a bank robbery. A quick hit (in&out)a Townie crew leaves with the money and this time a hostage.Doug McCray is the head of this crew,followed by his life long friend Jem who is a little more itchy on the trigger. Jem is paranoid that the the bank manager they took along for "a ride" saw more than she thinks" and he "wants to take care of business".Doug steps in to look into it instead to cool Jem's heals and put his crew at rest.The flip side of this is the crew paying its dues to Fergi, or "The Flourist" who has a tight grip on this Charelstown crew.Well aware that the FBI is on them, in time Doug grows weary of doing any more jobs,and at the same time developes a relationship with the bank manager Clair. Possibly against his better judgent, but I think he sees her as a means to change, and to put knocking over banks and armoured cars behind him. Clair, as he sees it, is "his Eskimo."Quiting is not as easy as it seems. Not only will Jem let him leave without doing a few more jobs, but The Flourist won't either.Not without Doug paying dearly for it in the end be it his own life, or someone very close to him.Two more jobs down the line, one nearly getting them pinched and the last...robbing Fenway Park, the biggest heist of all. The Town is a well rounded film.It is a "heist" film on one side, but on the flip side of the coin you have layers of character and conflict.It has some great action with adrenaline pumping car chases and shoot outs. It also has a good dramma side to it.The on screen chemistry between Doug and Clair is realistic and heart felt.You realy want him to "make right" as well as the others to pull through at the end.Well acted by a great cast and well directed and adapted to the screen by Affleck, it leaves only one to pause, "I just wanted you to remember who clipped your nuts first."
11 May 2012
Well below OK
Bought this movie because I was misdirected by the trailers I saw. Thought it is an all-action thriller, a movie that will keep you on the edge from start to finish. Let me put it this way: For every minute of action you get 20 minutes of drama, plain talk and boredom... On a scale from 1 to 10, I have to try really hard to give it a 3. But that's my opinion...
shamsee 11 May 2012
Heat it is not!
Ben Affleck with Irish accent - it is tormenting to watch. He tries sohard, but he can't do it. He should have stuck with directing.Second, bits and pieces of this movie remind me of the epicDeNiro/Pacino movie, "Heat". That movie remains consistent throughout,and characters remain true to themselves and are brilliant on top ofthat.Here, characters start out OK, but then they forget who they aresupposed to be. The character that least remains true to himself is BenAfflec himself.Jeremey Renner's character, James Coughlin is the BEST and isconsistent and never wanders for a moment. Same could be said aboutcharacter Slaine, although it is not as prominent as other characters.Ben Afflec falling madly in love with a cliché good-girl and puttingall his BROTHERS at risk, simply doesn't jive. No self-respectingbad-guy/bank-robber would allow that to happen.A line from heat is that you can't let yourself get attached to anyoneor anything that you can't walk away from. Now that is how you maintainyour edge.Not saying it is not OK for Ben Afflec's character to be weak, but itis simply not consistent. When you are able to take people out atmoments notice, you are supposed to operate at different plane, thennormal good guys.Why does Afflec's character want to be a good guy so desperately? Whynot just turn yourself in? Also, even when he discloses to the girl heis a bank robber, she is so madly in love with him, that she is OK,with the man who kidnapped her and threatened to take her life? Is thatStockholm syndrome on roids? In Heat, DeNiro's character never admitsto the girl what he does, and remains consistent.Also, character played by Blake Lively is inconsistent. It didn'tappear her and Ben Afflec's character had strong relationship and itwas mostly about sex, but as soon as she hears about Diamond Necklacehe has given to another girl, she gives away supposedly her son'sfather, her brother and her friends out of anger? No way. If acharacter that is supposed to be cool with a man being bank-robber,then despite cheating or not, she won't resort to throw her own brotherand her child's father to FBI.Problem is that Ben Afflec got hung up on a TYPICAL Hollywood cliché,"bad guy wants out". So he tried hard, ignoring natural instincts ofcharacters to form the story where the guy just wants out at all cost,because he is in love with cliché good girl, who plants communitygardens.In real life, how many successful bad guys want out, specially whenthey are doing great? Who wants to risk prison, and throw their bestbuddies in jail for a woman? Better story and more consistent storywould have been if the girl he fell in love with, comes to realize whohe really is and she turns the whole crew in, which she tried later onas well, and not Blake Lively's character. Afflec's character beingtrue to himself, should have realized he is in fact bad guy, and shouldhave gone after that girl to revenge the death of his friends due toher and taken out the FBI guy and her and then we would have a properending and a better movie.
Mahesh Kothamangalam 05 May 2012
Make way for Ben Affleck. He's arrived...again.
This movie proves that Gone Baby Gone is not a fluke by Ben Affleck.The man is definitely talented and we can expect great movies from himin the future as well.The Town, although comes across as a heist movie, is an intense dramain lives of the criminals, the law enforcement and the victims. Ben andJeremy were Doug and James throughout the movie. They were theircharacters till the end. I thought Jeremy Renner was great in HurtLocker. In this movie he's nothing short of perfect. John Hamm, Mad Menfame, is adequate given the role. He did a fine job. Blake Lively iseye candy on Gossip Girl and in The Town is all that and then some. Shegave an extraordinary performance and looked very hot. I wish hercharacter was a bit more longer. Rebecca Hall had a tough role to playand she did justice to her role.The background score and the camera work are great. The action scenesare splendid and were realistic and not gravity defying for a change.Now, let's talk about the captain of the ship, Ben Affleck. Thescreenplay and the direction are impeccable. The story is wafer thinbut the execution is great. There is never a bad scene or a bad actionsequence in the movie. The movie maintains its pace for the full 2hours. Ben did an amazing job of getting the best out of his cast andis therefore a very successful director of one of the best action/dramamovies this year.
IheartCali5882 04 May 2012
Ben has a talent for directing!
No doubt there's a consensus that Ben Affleck leaves much to be desiredas far as acting skills go, and I believe it to be true for the mostpart. Luckily for him, he's got a natural gift when he's behind thecamera. Even though I feel he did a more than adequate job here as DougMcCray, the main character in an Irish crew of heist henchmen fromCharlestown, his directing abilities really stand out.Bank robbery films are a dime a dozen, and most of them are goodenough. This one is not good enough. It's REALLY good. With a fewtweaks here and there, it would have been great. What sets it apartfrom lesser films in the same genre is the excellent characterexposition. Many of these kinds of films make the mistake of placingtoo much emphasis on the logistics of the robberies themselves, leavingus with no feeling for the characters. So by the end of the film, wecan't say that we care too much about what happens to whom, but heysome of the stunts were really neat. The Town doesn't make thatmistake. Everyone from Affleck on down to Pete Postlethwaite (Fergie)who had about 15 minutes of total screen time had a very strongpresence; they were fully developed and believable. The heiststhemselves were secondary to the exposition of the people within thestory. And because of this the action sequences carried a strongerimpact. We actually cared about what was happening to the charactersinstead of sitting through another mindless cluster of explosions andhigh speed car chases.That's not to say that the action scenes are lacking. I'll admit actionfilms are not my first love, but here the action scenes are tense,dramatic, and stylish. I've got no complaints in that department exceptfor some of that quick cutaway editing that can make it hard to followwhat's going on at times.While the story here is not as complex as Gone Baby Gone, which Igreatly enjoyed, you can tell that, like GBG, Ben really cares abouthis characters and staying true to the story. He never goes for an easyout in his writing/directing. He never leaves any area of the storyunderdeveloped; he doesn't go for the quick cheap thrill.Overall: There's not too many flaws to the film. Blake Lively'sperformance left a lot to be desired but fortunately she's got arelatively small part. With another 20 or 30 minutes to really delvedeep into the motives behind the characters, I think this film couldhave been great. As it stands now, it's very good. Will be seeing thisone again soon.7.5/10
04 May 2012
Classic Crime Caper
I just saw Ben Affleck's new movie The Town (2010). Absolutely GREAT movie (4 stars out of 5)! It's Affleck's best acting since Good Will Hunting (1997), after years of fair and piss poor acting gigs. The Town is a "classic" Hollywood crime/heist/caper movie that follows in the footsteps of Heat (1995), Point Break (1991), Goodfellas (1990), and The Departed (2006). It doesn't have any snazzy new special effects like all the latest Hollywood blockbusters, but this is just good solid movie storytelling. It's clear to me that when Ben writes his roles, he plays his roles the best. And to add direction into the mix, he hit the perfect trifecta with The Town as writer/director/actor. Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone (2007), with his brother Casey Affleck in the lead role, is also worth checking out. Both Affleck's were in fine form on that flick. It's not quite at the same level as The Town, but it's a darn good movie (3.5 stars out of 5).I can't say the photography in The Town stood out from the pack, but the movie looked good, gritty and realistic (as the stills below show). The production design made you feel like you were right there in Baaahh-stun (Boston). What strikes me most about The Town is simply good old school movie making on the whole. And that's what I like about this movie. Jeremy Renner is fantastic in his role as Ben Affleck's best friend. He's absolutely believable AND over the top, but you love him for it. Renner's acting in this film is a notch above The Hurt Locker, where I also thought he shined. But in The Hurt Locker, Renner is understated and subtle in his acting compared to The Town. We've now seen an interesting range of skill from Renner and I have a feeling his newly juiced-up career will pay off for years to come, along with Ben Affleck. Jon Hamm plays the good guy in the film, an FBI agent chasing Affleck, Renner and the rest of the crew. It's not Hamm's best work like we've seen in the AMC TV series Mad Men, but it's not bad either. It's just not as well developed of a character since this movie is really centered around the bad guys. But Hamm is good and solid.While elements of The Town definitely ring familiar from past movies like Heat, Point Break and even Good Will Hunting, those retreads didn't bother me in this film. I think the story and the well-developed characters kept my attention, along with the incredible action scenes and sound. Sure we've seen masked bank robbers before, like the ex-presidents in Point Break, and the magic number of 4 bank robbers in a crew in both Heat and Point Break. Maybe it's just been enough time since those classic 90s movies that it feels nicely retro. And for some reason, I never tire of shoot-em-up scenes in a downtown setting with incredible rapid fire gunplay sounds blasting through the speakers. All in all, The Town is one of the best films of 2010 so far, next to Inception, which is at the top of my list. I hope to see some Oscar love thrown at The Town, but it may get overlooked if the competition heats up with the rest of the movies released in the next 3 months. We'll see!
04 May 2012
"No one gets out alive..."
There's something to be said about The Town, most of which lies with director/co-writer/star Ben Affleck, and what's to be said is that he has risen above his mistakes in the past in terms of career choices. Anyway, Affleck stars as Doug, a career criminal who after pulling his latest heist with his lifelong and loyal pal Jem (Jeremy Renner) strikes up a romance with the bank manager (Rebecca Hall) he just robbed, while seeking to learn whether or not the FBI and the determined lead agent (Jon Hamm) know anything about him and his crew. While the theatrical cut runs a bit too long (and the extended cut of the film is practically self-indulgence), The Town is a gripping and surprisingly adrenaline charged film that boasts some of the best work to come from Affleck in years acting-wise, and it shows that as a director he has a keen eye for ultra-compelling action scenes. It doesn't pack that same kind of punch that Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone did, but it leaves a lasting impression regardless, even if its slightly upbeat ending (much different than the ending to "Prince of Thieves", from which the film is adapted) kind of betrays everything that lead up to it. Still, The Town is a worthwhile endeavor regardless, and wholeheartedly worth your time.
leahjanex 01 May 2012
Town 10/10
To keep it short and simple and not ruin the film absolutely amazingfilm not to be missed LOVE the bit at the end when he goes back to theflorist. also LOVE the bit wen Ben's girlfriend tells him about the menwho hassle her through the park and he goes to teach them a lesson somereally good twists in it absolutely best film this year !!!!! theacting was amazing from every one. loved the hole bad man love story,at the end was so pleased to see Ben directed it as well think he donea brilliant job. the ending was really sweet as it wasn't the usualending like they meet back up and live happily ever after maybe theyleft it simple at the end so they could make a number 2?? would beamazing if its anything like this one. do no miss it not one bad thingto say about this film although it was 2hours and a bit didn't seam it.its one of them when you really need the toilet but wont go so youdon't Miss any x
30 April 2012
the town rocks - big time
This review is from: The Town (Two-Disc Extended Cut) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) best ben affleck movie since gone baby gone.action scenes were frequent and very well done.loved it all - great video and audio quality throughout.watched it several times already and still not tired of it.a 'must have addition' to your blu ray collection.
29 April 2012
DVD extended cut missing -The Town / unsatisfied
This review is from: The Town (Two-Disc Extended Cut) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) I ordered this specific item, the movie disc, The Town, because it stated it was the extended cut version and had both the Blu-ray and DVD discs included. When I received the product, only the Blu-ray had the extended cut version. DVD is NOT extended cut. I feel deceived from the information I had when I placed the order with Amazon.
thepunisher181 29 April 2012
Solid heist movie, not the ripoff it's being called
Being a hard-core movie goer I'm not much of a reviewer, this is myfirst review and it's because I really felt I had to do it. There's alot of people out there calling The Town a Heat ripoff, and being a fanof Michael Mann's Heat I completely disagree with this statement. Firstof all, both movies don't share the same lead characters (or the focuson one over other), while Heat deals mainly with Hanna and his personalfamily/job struggle (and I'm no going to detail the difference'sbetween Hamm's and Pacino's characters, their depth, relevance andinvolvement on the development of the story is completely different) ,The Town involves mainly MacRay's issues, there's no similaritywhatsoever between MacRay and McCauley, not even on the concept they'vegot over the profession and don't get me started on theirpersonality... Then we've got the Affleck/Hall phone scene, which isbeing compared with the Val Kilmer/Judd scene...absolutely ridiculous,the relationship between the characters isn't even the same (come on,Kilmer was married to Judd and they both had a son), and well, copsoften go to the thieves family to check contact, I mean, they want tocapture them after all, right? Oh and of course, the socioeconomicstatus of Affleck is deeply involved with the background topic of themovie, a topic that has no relevance on Heat...I could go on all day.The only point I can agree with is that the dynamic is similar, butbeing both heists movies and recognizing the "Golden age oforiginality" that surrounds Hollywood these days (sarcasm here), It isalmost valid to say that it's just the concept what was taken fromMann's masterpiece, I mean, being clear it's not a ripoff at all, Idare you to call it a remake, if you do it you should get a doctor man.All in all The Town is a 20th century heist movie that stands on it'sown, somewhere between Heat and Reservoir Dogs, it's a solid thrillerthat manages to create a solid suspenseful atmosphere from the verybeginning, an achievement Affleck can be proud of, it is a memorablemovie, it is a FRESH heist movie, and you guys should evaluate all theaspects of a movie before calling it a ripoff, it's two differentmovies you're comparing.8/10
29 April 2012
about this film in theatre the town.........
This fiolm basically talka about how robbery of big money in the end was busted and the bad ones are been punished....this film contains numerous action based violence and one sexual content inside which is recommended to those whom are interested in this genre of DVDfilms/movies/films.......I views this movie in theatre in Singapore and give it a guess that this is a full film been rolled out due to operation messup in changing films or even to pull the film to load at other end of the projector etc.......movie becomes dao......laughing with this afterall..........Review by:Dr, MR Franc MBBS (PhD) GPS Ang Poon Kahdirector 'lou ye' - Ang Poon Kah for film summer palaceAssistant FED chief (Internationale) to Bernanke
29 April 2012
The Town
The Town is an pretty decent movie surprisingly even if it is not accurate because there is no Gingers in this one like there was in The Fighter,We know Boston has Gingers(but they are not as annoying as NewYorkers) and yet we get people who don't look Bostonian or are "toonies" instead of townies,that aside THERE IS NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES(READ CRIMINAL,I don't care if you were raised by a crack addict).Ben Whofleck(Aflac,Er afleck) did good this time as a Director and as a Actor even if he has a Pompous Like Matt Damon.The Action is great,the story is predictable but At least action packed.Even if the Police are portrayed As Incompetent(You know well You would be caught in under 5 mins and Thank God for that and For Them).This film is still worth watching despite the played-out robin hood-esque theme.
Matt Jones 25 April 2012
Sadly, a wasted opportunity
I rented this because the idea sounded like a rare good one.Unfortunately, what few good ideas Hollywood has any more, they somehowmanage to screw up. The Town is 125 minutes of my life I'd like back.The movie starts with a bank heist, that kind of seemssemi-professional but they take a hostage as a precaution. After theylet the hostage go, one of the robbers follows her to make sure she'sno threat. They meet, and they accidentally end up falling in love.Romance dramas aren't my preferred genre, but that's a pretty goodstory line to start with. It's definitely problem for the protagonistto try to get out of without hurting her. Etc.What they did with it, though, was boring, slow and full of pointlesstwists and turns in the plot. Was the writer trying desperately toconfuse the viewer so as not to guess the ending? I almost shut thisone off a couple times, and the only reason I didn't was, to find outif I guessed the ending right. And the actual ending was far stupiderthan I had guessed, which means this writer has a lot to learn aboutsuspense and climax. It's too bad, because the premise was reallybox-office hit material. No wonder I never heard of this when it wasout!
24 April 2012
Exciting crime drama
Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) and his pals are career criminals. On a bank job, they briefly take a hostage (Rebecca Hall) and soon after, she and Doug begin a romance. He'd like to start a new life with her, but he can't change his ways and his next job is to rob Fenway Park.This is an excellent movie. The characters are compelling and sympathetic and the script is fast-paced and intensely exciting. Affleck co-wrote and directed this tale of Charlestown, Boston, an area famous for its high percentage of deadly criminals. He captures the toughness and desperation of its inhabitants and the viewer feels a connection to the place and the people. Affleck is very good in his part and Jeremy Renner, who plays Doug's loyal but vicious buddy, was rightly nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The wonderful Chris Cooper has a small part as Doug's convict father.The movie is full of brutal gunplay, car crashes, and bad language and still manages to portray Doug's sensitive side and have him emerge as a kind of hero. Its edge-of-your-seat action kept me engaged even though I don't usually like this kind of movie. Recommended.
22 April 2012
All Action and No Talk
Well, there is some talk in this film. There is a tender, albeit somewhat unlikely romance that entails moments of quiet conversation. But for the most part, this is a shoot-`em-up that's set, not in the Wild West, but on the mean streets of Boston. As this crew of bank robbers follow in the presumed tradition of their Charlestown section of Boston and make their living by robbing banks - the bullets fly and the blood spatters. Whatever became of just slipping a note to the teller?So the violence shown here is rather unlikely. Rarely does even one bank robbery involve so much fire power. It would be rarer yet for a neighborhood to experience a series of bank robberies involving such exchanges of projectiles from heavy artillery. But then this is the movies, and we know we have to be prepared to suspend disbelief.Actually, the robbery and retribution scenes in "The Town" have the quality of a violent video game. For whole sections, it's non-stop gun-fire. An adversary will pop-up and be greeted with blasts of bullets. If I had a dollar for every time someone blew someone else's head off - I'd have more than paid for this DVD.I personally prefer to learn something from movies about bank hold-ups. I want to be in on the planning and process of pulling off such crimes. For example, we're told the robbers in "The Town" disabled phone communication from one targeted bank by "going into the corner junction box." I would have liked more details about just how this was accomplished. I craved even more minutiae of process. I wanted to know where the robbers bought those eerie masks they used. You'd have thought the police could have traced the robbers merely by finding the supplier of those uniquely frightening wizened nun costumes. You don't see such outfits sold at any Halloween store. They must have been custom-made. Instead of just being in on the kills, I would have liked to follow Ben Affleck and the others as they found a supplier of such masks and accessorized themselves accordingly. That would have been Seinfeld-serious fascinating to me.But if you are action-oriented, this is the movie for you. It has slick production values, good acting, and the violence, as improbable as it is, is well choreographed and arresting.
22 April 2012
Good Social Commentary
My grown sons were shocked that their mom really liked this movie. Besides being tightly written and extremely well acted by every cast member, I think the violence of the film is redeemed by it's social commentary. Yes, there is increasing evidence that "criminal minds" have a genetic basis. However crime is often family and culturally determined. In some communities it is difficult to escape and complicated by drug dependence, parental abandonment and bonds with bad mentors. Criminals both in and out of prison are as likely to watch this movie as anything else outside the porn genre. The film is bringing an important commentary to that audience as well.The car chases and gunfights in the streets of Boston were the only stretch. Hard to believe for anyone who has driven in the congestion and narrow streets. Foot chases, better.I greatly admire the Novelist and Mr. Affleck, the assembled actors AND...I wish I could personally apologize to Mr. Affleck for that really weird interviewer from Time Magazine's 10 Questions. I thought I was watching an SNL sketch.