Rent The Town (2010)
3.5 of 5 from 746 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
- As he plans a job that could result in his gang's biggest score ever, a longtime thief plans a way out of the life and the town while dodging the FBI agent looking to bring him and his bank-robbing crew down. In addition to heading an electrifying cast, Ben Affleck also directed and co-wrote this suspenseful, critically acclaimed crime thriller that unfolds - and often explodes - across gritty Boston locations.
- Actors:
- Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper, Dennis McLaughlin, Corena Chase, Brian Scannell, Kerri Dunbar, Tony V., Isaac Bordoy, Michael Yebba, Daniel Woods, Jimmy Joe Maher, Mark Berglund
- Directors:
- Ben Affleck
- Producers:
- Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
- Writers:
- Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, Chuck Hogan
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2011, A Brief History of Films About Nuns, Action & Adventure, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, The Best Heist Films, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/02/2011
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Actor, director, writer Ben Affleck takes you through the moviemaking process in his hometown: The cathedral of Boston, Nuns with guns: Filming in the north end, Pulling off the perfect heist, The town
- Commentary by Ben Affleck
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/12/2016
- Run Time:
- 153 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Cantonese, Castillian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Hebrew, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Actor/Director/Writer Ben Affleck Takes You Through the Moviemaking Process in His Hometown. Segments Include: The Cathedral of Boston
- Nuns with Guns: Filming in the North End
- Pulling off the Perfect Heist
- The Town
- And More
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Reviews (6) of The Town
Cops and robbers modern style - The Town review by CP Customer
I actually found this film quite entertaining although I didn't make much of a connection with any of the characters. It moves along at quite a pace and the romantic sub plot is nicely weaved into the main story without overplaying it. There are moments that are somewhat far fetched and it massively glorifies crime but a decent evenings entertainment.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Violence, crime and fate unfold in Boston - The Town review by Philip in Paradiso
The film starts with a bank robbery: 4 lifelong friends from Charlestown, an area of Boston said to be notorious for its professional criminal element - mostly Whites of Irish descent in what is a working-class neighbourhood - rob a bank, wearing masks. Among the 4 is Ben Affleck as Douglas 'Doug' MacRay and Jeremy Renner as James 'Jem' Coughlin. In the course of the robbery, Rebecca Hall, as Claire Keesey, who is a manager at the bank, is taken hostage, but she is released unharmed soon after the attack on the bank.
When he discovers that Claire lives near him, Doug starts following her in order to find out what she has told the authorities about the robbery - she could be a key witness. Also, he is somewhat concerned that Jem may want to eliminate her, given what she may know. Doug is tough but against gratuitous violence, whereas Jem clearly has psychopathic tendencies and appears to have no limits. Jon Hamm, as Special Agent Adam Frawley, of the FBI, leads the investigation with a view to finding who the members of the gang are and stopping them once and for all, as they have been behind a string of daring and violent attacks of this kind across the city of Boston. The film develops from here.
This is a very good, tense and suspenseful thriller, very well made, with good and plausible dialogues. What is interesting is also that the film gives us some context, in terms of the criminals' background. Doug, more particularly, is a complex character, who aspires to a different sort of life, but leaving Charlestown is not that easy: the movie shows the pressures of all kinds that gang members are under, directly and indirectly. To an extent, they are prisoners of their criminal lifestyle: opting out is not on the menu. The interaction between Claire and Doug is credible and adds to the storyline. Finally, the tense relationship between Doug and Jem is at the centre of the story - a sort of curse there is no exit out of.
There are similarities between this film and 'Heat', the great classic of the genre. But this movie is very good on its own terms. I would certainly recommend it.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
A solid crime thriller. - The Town review by CP Customer
This is another solid and well made movie from director Ben Affleck, with a nice mix of character based drama and gritty crime thriller. The Blu-Ray features two cuts of the film. The two hour theatrical release and a two and a half hour extended version. In my view the extended cut is the superior movie, the storyline between Doug and Claire is more developed and the extended version also includes additional scenes which flesh out the relationships between the main group of characters.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Critic review
The Town review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso
The most recent directorial offering from star Ben Affleck is not unlike his debut movie Gone Baby Gone. Set in the violent crime-ridden heart of Boston, Charlestown The Town tells the story of a young man’s desire to escape the inevitable pull of the criminal underworld in his neighbourhood.
Affleck plays Doug MacRay, a thief who becomes involved with the once kidnapped bank manager of a previous heist. His affair with Claire (Rebecca Hall) leads him to question his own motives and desire to remain in the dark underbelly of Boston. Under this fog MacRay and his companions plan their next, and what MacRay hopes to be, final heist. However an FBI Agent (Jon Hamm) is hot on their heels and the tyrannical world of organised crime begins to crumble around them.
In many ways the movie highlights some very real issues facing many a young American, it questions the inevitability of a criminal future in some of the US’s poorest areas and asks what one is supposed to do when both family and need force you into unpleasant situations.
The film is clearly meant to be a troubling thriller, however it’s scenery seems to lack the truly seedy and gritty edge required to truly drive the message home. The film also lacks the elegance and subtlety of many an older thriller which leaves it feeling a little infantile. The action sequences are as you would expect them to be; violent and in keeping with their contemporaries. The film has a distinctily water-down feeling to it, making it feel as though it is more a cops and robbers movies for young men than an intelligent thriller for a more elite audience. This is not to say it is dumb or dull at all, just somewhat predictable.
Overall the movie is adequate, enjoyable and intriguing, yet it bares no comparison to dark noir-esque roots and is, in many ways, a disappointment after the painful excellence of Gone Baby Gone.