Here Is My Movie Review of The Town
So basically what happens is that you have these four friends who are this group of robbers who Rob this bank Charleston Boston and James Jem Coughlin kidnapped The bank manager named Claire Kesseys. But they decide not to kill her because they learn that she lives in the same neighborhood as them so Douglas Doug MecRay Decides Starts to start a romance with Claire keesey. But she doesn't know that he is part of the group of robbers So he decides to protect her from them. Meanwhile James Jem Coughlin Is pissed that Douglas Doug MacRay betrayed them so he decided to try to kill him and Claire Keesey. Then you have this other guy named Special Agent Adam Frawely who wants to bring all these robbers to justice. So it's up to Douglas Doug MecRay to protect Claire keesey. from being killed by the other robbers and avoiding getting arrested by the police and that's basically what the story is for this film. Now yes there's a lot of stuff going on in the film but to be honest it is a really interesting story having this rober who betrays his team to fall in love with a girl then he has to meet father and trying to make things right is it really interesting concept and the film executes it perfectly.
The acting in this movie is tremendous because there are a lot of big named actors in this film. It's probably up there with Shutter Island as one of the best acted films of 2010 because much like that film all the actors are giving 110% effort with their performance if you can tell everyone this movie is having fun and their characters. I think this movie is up there with 10 Clover Field Lane with John Goodman as one of the best acted films of the 2010s.
Ben Affleck plays Douglas Doug MecRay In the film and his performance is tremendous because he gives one more almost emotional and entertaining performances in the film and his performance is up there with his performance in The Way Back from 2020 and one of the best performances he has ever given You can tell that Ben Affleck is having a lot of fun as this character. Now the character of Douglas Doug MecRay Is incredible because you really feel bad for him because even though he is a part of the robbery he wants to find his estranged father and make things right He also falls in love with Claire keesey and wants to protect her from the other robbers and avoid her being killed and want to avoid being arrested by The police. The scene where Douglas Doug MecRay tells Claire keesey That she is going to hurt her and everything going to be okay and not only that really intense but it does show that even though he is a robber he deeply cares about her and wants to be okay. It is probably the most nail biting moment of the entire film. The chemistry between him and Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, John Hamm, Blake Lively, and Chris Cooper Is magnificent.
Jeremy Renner plays James Jem Coughlin In the film and his performance is probably the darkest performance of the entire film and probably the most over the top as well because he does such a wonderful job as the character and you can tell that Jeremy Renner was having a lot of fun as this character. Now the character of James Jem Coughlin Is really incredible because this guy is a fucking lunatic he enjoys killing a lot of people he has a very bad temper he wants everything to go the way he wants to be and he just enjoys killing police officers so he doesn't have to face jail time. The scene where James Jem Coughlin Is near ambulance truck just mowing down all of these police officers by shooting them multiple times and not only Is it a really tremendous and nail biting sequence but it just shows how unstable James Jem Coughlin as a character. It is probably the most chewing and one of the best moments of the entire film. Fun fact a year later after the film released Jeremy Renner went on to play Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the MCU. Fun fact actor Chris Pine was considered to play James Jem Coughlin. The chemistry between him and Ben Affleck is magnificent.
However the absolute big standout performance in this entire movie is Rebecca Hall as Claire Keesey because she gives one of the most powerful and emotional performances of the entire film and you can tell that Rebecca Hall was having tons of fun in the film. Now the character of Claire Keesey Is really incredible because out of all the characters she is my favorite one in the film because you really feel bad for her because she's just this innocent woman who works at this bank and then she gets kidnapped by the robbers but then she starts to fall in love with one of them that being Douglas Doug MecRay and she is concerned if she can really trust him. The scene where Claire Keesey telling Douglas Doug MecRay That see what attacked by a group of people who robbed her bank and They trashed her car and not only is a really emotional and Powerful moment but it brings up the fact that Douglas Doug McRay was a part of that robbery and it makes Claire Keesey question if you can really trust him. It is probably the most nail biting and it won the most incredible moments of the entire film. The romance between her and Douglas Doug McRay is the strongest aspect of the entire film. The chemistry between her and Ben Affleck is incredible.
John Hamm plays Special Agent Adam Frawely In the film and his performance is probably my second favorite performance in the entire film because he gave the one Most intense performance of his entire career and you can tell that John Hamm was having a lot of fun in the film. Now the character of Special Agent Adam Frawely Is spectacular because he wants to bring these robbers to justice for what they did because they kidnapped Claire Keesey and they robbed her bank and he has also shown to be super intelligent because he knows exactly what he's doing. The scene where Special Agent Adam Frawely asks if Claire Keesey was with the robbers that Heist and not only is it a really awesome and nail biting and suspenseful scene but I make sense because he wants to know if she remembered what happened after they kidnapped her. It is probably one of the more powerful and intense moments of the entire film. The chemistry between him and Ben Affleck is astonishing.
Blake Lively plays James Jem Coughlin’s wife Krista Coughlin In the film and her performance is really Interesting because even know what she is not in the film a whole lot she still does a glorious job as this character. Now the character of Krista Coughlin Is really interesting because she really cares for her husband James Jem Coughlin But she is concerned that he is going a little bit crazy with him being a crazy robber and killing people. The scene where she tells Special Agent Adam Frawely that she always gets used by other people who control her and not only is it really suspenseful moments make sense because it shows that Krista Coughlin Has been controlled by people for many years of her life. It is probably one of the most disturbing and suspenseful moments of the entire film. The chemistry between her and John Hamm is excellent.
Chris Cooper plays Douglas Doug MacRay’s father Stephen McRay In the film it is really interesting because he's not in the film that much he's only in one scene but he still gives a really powerful and Incredible performance as the character. Now the character of Stephen MacRay Is a really interesting character because this guy It a joke he constantly berated his son saying how much of a fucking loser he is saying that he always screws up and the relationship between him and his son Douglas Doug McRay Even though it's just for one thing it's the strongest aspect of the film. The scene where he sees his son Douglas Doug McRay visit him in jail and he saying how much he found his son a disappointment and it is not only a really dark moment but it showed that they didn't have the best relationship growing up. It is probably the most depressing one more emotionally gripping moment of the entire film. The chemistry between him and Ben Affleck is spectacular.
However the best thing about this entire movie in the directing by Ben Affleck because what I love about it directed like he does a outstanding job developing All the characters like for example Douglas Doug McRay as a character that you really feel bad for because he is father treating him like garbage saying how much of a disappointment he is his and he also wants to protect Claire Keesey and trying to prevent her from finding out that he was a part of that robbery. I also like how he makes this movie like The Dark Knight and turned on the tone and the atmosphere and the only sequence much like that film starts out with a robbery but although like how he makes it original by having the one of the robbers be a good guy and trying to turn his life around and trying to fix everything that he has screwed up In his life. I think it is really excellent of how he did that.
So in conclusion I still really like this film. I think the storyline is very interesting having this robber who wants to change his life around and make his life better And fall in love with the bank manager informing a really powerful and emotional relationship with her while trying to protect her from the other robbers that he was with. Also all the performances are tremendous even ones that are not in this film a whole lot like Blake Lively and Chris Cooper they still give really powerful and emotional performances in the film. My two favorite performances in the film are John Hamm as Special Agent Adam Frawely and Rebecca Hall as Claire Keesey. The action sequences are amazing especially that car chase /shootout sequence that happens in the third Act of the film is just really intense and really entertaining to watch. The open sequence in this film is a tremendous homage to the Dark Knight. I think this movie is up there with Shutter Island as one of my favorite films of 2010. This is also up there with The Way Back as one of my favorite Ben Affleck films. This movie is also up there with Mute with Paul Rudd as one of the most underrated films of the 2010s. I highly recommend you watch this film especially if you like intense films like Pawn Sacrifice with Liev Schreiber. Then I'm sure you're going to like this one. I give this movie a 59/10.
