The Town (2010)
Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Boston bank robber Doug MacRay (Affleck) falls for a woman his gang had previously taken hostage after feigning a chance meeting with her to ensure that she can’t identify them in Affleck’s adaptation of author Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince of Thieves. The son of a tough Charlestown, MA thief, Doug passed on his chance to walk the straight and narrow in favor of becoming a career bank robber. Not only is Doug’s crew one of the most ruthless in Boston, but they’re also one of the best; they never leave a trace of evidence, and always make a clean break.

Over the years, Doug’s fearless partners in crime have become something of a surrogate family to him; Jem (Renner), the most dangerous of the bunch, is the closest thing Doug has ever had to a brother. But a divide begins to open between the two career criminals when Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey (Hall) hostage during a particularly tense heist, and the group subsequently discovers that she hails from their own tight-knit suburb. When Jem proposes that the gang make an effort to find out just how much Claire recalls about the crime, Doug fears that his volatile partner may do more harm than good and volunteers himself for the job.

Later, Doug turns on the charm while pretending to bump into Claire by chance, and becomes convinced that she doesn’t suspect him of being the same man who just robbed her bank. As the feds turn up the heat on the gang, Doug finds himself falling for Claire, and searching desperately for a means of cutting his ties to his criminal past. But with each passing day, Jem grows increasingly suspicious of Doug’s true motivations. Now caught between two worlds with no chance of turning back, Doug realizes that his only hope for finding a happy future is to betray the only family he’s ever known.
Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Peter Craig (screenplay), Ben Affleck (screenplay), Aaron Stockard (screenplay), Chuck Hogan (novel)
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke
►Cast:
Ben Affleck | ► | Doug MacRay |
Rebecca Hall | ► | Claire Keesey |
Jon Hamm | ► | FBI S.A. Adam Frawley |
Jeremy Renner | ► | James Coughlin |
Blake Lively | ► | Krista Coughlin |
Slaine | ► | Albert ‘Gloansy’ Magloan |
Owen Burke | ► | Desmond Elden |
Titus Welliver | ► | Dino Ciampa |
Pete Postlethwaite | ► | Fergus ‘Fergie’ Colm |
Chris Cooper | ► | Stephen MacRay |
Dennis McLaughlin | ► | Rusty |
Corena Chase | ► | Agent Quinlan |
Brian Scannell | ► | Henry |
Kerri Dunbar | ► | Henry’s Girl |
Tony V. | ► | Vericom Crew Chief (as Tony V) |
Isaac Bordoy | ► | Alex Colazzo |
Michael Yebba | ► | Beacon G.I. Joe Driver |
Daniel Woods | ► | BPD Sergeant at Krista’s Accident |
Jimmy Joe Maher | ► | Inside Man at Fenway |
Mark Berglund | ► | Young Security Guard |
Ralph Boutwell | ► | Cashcom Guard |
Michael Romig | ► | Cashcom Guard |
Michael Malvesti | ► | Atlantic Truck Courier |
Jack Neary | ► | Arnold Washton |
Ed O’Keefe | ► | Morton Previt (as Edward O’Keefe) |
Joe Lawler | ► | Task Force Agent Conlan |
Ben Hanson | ► | FBI SWAT Team Leader |
Brian A. White | ► | FBI SWAT #1 |
Richard Caines | ► | FBI SWAT #2 |
Frank Garvin | ► | Police Captain |
Danny Ring | ► | Cop Giving Statement |
Gary Galone | ► | Internal Affairs Officer at Fenway |
David Catanzaro | ► | Fenway Detective |
Jeremiah Kissel | ► | Claire’s Lawyer |
Malik McMullen | ► | Plain Clothed FBI Agent |
Charles C. Winchester III | ► | Gate D Police Officer |
Adam J. Husband | ► | Gate D Police Officer |
Danny DeMiller | ► | Eskimo Story Speaker |
Susan Rawlinson | ► | NA Speaker |
Sean Locke | ► | NA Speaker |
Peter Looney | ► | NA Speaker |
Lennin Pena | ► | Colazzo’s Friend |
James McKittrick | ► | Cop Who Looks Away |
Ted Arcidi | ► | Cedar Junction C.O. |
Bryan Connolly | ► | Cedar Junction C.O. Visitors Area |
Quan Liang Chen | ► | Monument Laundry Owner |
Alex Winston | ► | Police Photographer |
Michael F. Murphy | ► | Michael Houlihan |
Michele Cressinger | ► | Margie |
Kimberly Mahoney | ► | Warren Tavern Waitress |
Bobby Curcuro | ► | Man in Harvard Square |
Ginaya Green | ► | Krista’s Friend |
Nicole Page | ► | Krista’s Friend |
Georgia Lyman | ► | Neptune’s Waitress |
Robert Boyden | ► | Vericom Employee |
Jamie Ghazarian | ► | Dancer at Foxy Lady |
Chick Bernhard | ► | Marty McGuire |
Stephen Bishop | ► | Derrick |
David Boston | ► | Man at Casino Cash in Window Line |
Alex Bussell | ► | Pedestrian |
Katelyn Cahill | ► | Student / Pedestrian |
Nick Cairis | ► | FBI Agent |
Jeffrey Corazzini | ► | Boston Police Officer |
Tommy Dallace | ► | FBI Special Agent Danny Hawkins |
Mary A. DeBriae | ► | Poker Player |
Tom Diorio | ► | Boston Police Officer |
Steven Fabiano | ► | Cop Who Cuffs Doug at Boston Sand and Gravel |
Mark Falvo | ► | Boston P.D. |
Jeffrey Feingold | ► | FBI Agent |
Mugisha Feruzi | ► | Pedestrian |
Keith Fluker | ► | Boston PD |
Carlos Foglia | ► | FBI Agent Gary Clark |
Jim Ford | ► | FBI SWAT |
Rich Foster | ► | Decoy Lot Agent |
John Franchi | ► | Townie |
Jonathon Frost | ► | FBI Agent |
Victor Garber | ► | Assistant Bank Manager |
Suzanne Gillies | ► | FBI Agent |
London Hall | ► | Runner |
Bane Harlock | ► | Extra |
Louis Holmes | ► | Gambler |
Katie Iacomini | ► | Neighborhood kid |
Ken Kansky | ► | Body Double / Security Guard |
Patrick Languzzi | ► | Thug |
Brian Levitre | ► | FBI Agent |
Jeffrey Malick | ► | Car Driver |
Rich Manley | ► | Boston Police |
Dan Marshall | ► | Pedestrian Harvard Professor / Graduate Student |
Robert Masiello | ► | Train Conductor |
Adam Masnyk | ► | Sullys Kid |
Kevin McCormick | ► | Inmate |
Jim McDonough | ► | Bank Robber |
Thomas McGowan | ► | Crime Scene Investigator |
Ken Murray | ► | FBI Task Force Agent |
Michael A. Myles | ► | Aramark Employee |
Leigh Nicole | ► | Pedestrian |
Joseph Oliveira | ► | Inmate |
Thomas Olson | ► | CSI Officer |
Don Orsillo | ► | Red Sox Play-by-Play Announcer |
Chris Palermo | ► | Pedestrian |