The Town

The Town is a 2010 crime drama, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s novel, ‘The Prince of Thieves’. This movie has been directed and co-written by Ben Affleck, who also stars in the lead role. Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper and Pete Postlethwaite too stars in this movie.

Having watched the movie more than a couple of times, I can say that this is the movie which gave Ben Affleck’s career the much needed boost, both as an actor and as a director. After his directorial debut in 2007 with “Gone Baby Gone”, Ben Affleck had to prove himself as an actor. With this movie he proves himself as a good director as well as an actor. The movie is about a group of bank robbers, who live in Charlestown, Massachusetts-“The capital of bank robberies in America”, as the poster says.

Ben Affleck stars as Doug McRay; the mastermind behind the bank heists the crew pull off. During the opening heist scene, they break into a bank where Clair Keesey (Rebecca Hall), is the bank manager. And Doug McRay end up falling in love with her. For a person who has watched “Heat”, even though this movie comes out as a bit of a cliché, we cannot totally disregard the pros of the movie. The most important thing is not what the movie says, but how it is said. In this regard we can perfectly commend this movie.

The whole romantic twist added to the movie, as I see is one of the best things about its plot. The script too is well written and contains good dialogues. This is one of the main strengths of this movie. One other thing we should talk about is the performances of both Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall. Both their acting adds to the success of this movie and not to mention the Academy Award nomination Jeremy Renner gained as the best supporting actor for this movie. Even though Jeremy Renner’s first Academy Award nomination was for the 2008 movie ‘Hurt Locker’, in the movie ‘The Town’ he does a much praiseworthy job; which might have been the reason for him to be casted in franchises like Marvel Universe Series, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and in The Bourne Legacy.

This is one of the movies, after which you will definitely feel good. If you are in the mood for a movie with drama, romance, and crime kinda thing this is the movie to watch.