Rent The Town (2010)
3.5 of 5 from 740 ratings
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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 (5) of The Town
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.
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.
Top Crime Drama - The Town review by GI
Tough, sharp and exciting this crime drama is heavily influenced by Heat (1995) but manages to have a style and narrative unique to itself. This is what good adult crime films should be like, strong characters that have a believable story arc and action set pieces that are grittily realistic and exciting. This was Ben Affleck's second feature in the director's chair and like his first directorial effort, Gone Baby Gone (2007) it shows a skill and flair for creating character based action infused drama. Set in Boston the armed robbery capital of the world. Affleck plays Doug, a skilled bank robber who runs a tight crew that includes his childhood friend Jem (Jeremy Renner), who can be a little crazy. After pulling a bank heist they briefly take the manager, Claire (Rebecca Hall) hostage to secure their getaway. She is released unharmed but Doug becomes attracted to her and sees her as his way out of the life of crime. But he's under the control of a crime boss and has to plan more heists before he can make his new life. The film has three great robbery set pieces and one of them involves a great car chase. It's violent but never gets near to gratuitousness although some of the death scenes are very realistic. The cast is exceptional and includes Jon Hamm as the FBI agent hunting the gang, Blake Lively as Doug's junkie girlfriend, Chris Cooper as Doug's father and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as the crime boss, Fergie. This is topnotch and definitely one to check out if you've never seen it, an impressive crime film.
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.