The Town reminds me of when my son taught me how to play Payday 2, and I wasn't very good, but it was fun to put on the masks and ziptie the bank employees.
I forgot how good this is. The heist scenes are great, and the character development is even better. I can take or leave action-heists, but they did a great job making complex and interesting characters in this one.
The Town
Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.
Rating
3.8 (2)
Release Date
9/15/2010Runtime
125 minsOverview
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
How It Feels
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A tightly wound crime thriller that trades in moral ambiguity and atmospheric dread, following a crew of Boston bank robbers as their carefully compartmentalized lives begin to collapse under the weight of attraction and guilt. It's a film about the impossibility of escape and the price of loyalty.
Mood
TenseBleakMelancholic
Themes
CrimeLoveRedemptionFriendship
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Brisk
Look
NaturalisticHandheld
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Ben Affleck
Doug MacRay
Jeremy Renner
James "Jem" Coughlin
Rebecca Hall
Claire Keesey
Jon Hamm
FBI S.A. Adam Frawley
Blake Lively
Krista Coughlin
George Carroll
Albert "Gloansy" Magloan
Pete Postlethwaite
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Owen Burke
Desmond "Dez" Elden
Titus Welliver
Dino Ciampa
Chris Cooper
Stephen MacRay
Dennis McLaughlin
Rusty
Corena Chase
Agent Quinlan
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