Is The Town 2010 a good movie?

Is The Town 2010 a good movie?

The Town is not only only a solid action/ crime film but also marks Affleck as a great director. I strongly recommend this film if you are interested in the genre. While it is not perfect, it does so much well, that you would be missing out if you didn’t see this.

What is the film The Town about?

Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) leads a band of ruthless bank robbers and has no real attachments except for James (Jeremy Renner), who — despite his dangerous temper — is like a brother. Everything changes for Doug when James briefly takes a hostage, bank employee Claire Keesey. Learning that she lives in the gang’s neighborhood, Doug seeks her out to discover what she knows, and he falls in love. As the romance deepens, he wants out of his criminal life, but that could threaten Claire.The Town / Film synopsis

Is the movie The Town based on a true story?

Not exactly. The Town is actually loosely based on Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince of Thieves. However, Affleck did his own research into Charlestown in hopes of making the movie as accurate as possible.

Who is the real Doug MacRay?

Biography. Douglas MacRay was born in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Stephen and Doris MacRay. His father was a criminal, while his mother became a drug addict because of Irish Mob boss Fergus Colm’s sale of drugs to her; she hanged herself when Doug was six.

Is The Town worth watching?

November 30, 2020 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review… If you mixed Michael Mann’s Heat with Good Will Hunting, you’d get this flick. The Town isn’t as impressive as Affleck’s directing debut, 2007’s Gone Baby Gone, but he handles the action scenes with brutal efficiency and gets terrific performances from his co-stars.

Is Charlestown Boston known for bank robberies?

But their statistics do show that Charlestown has barely more than 2 percent of all Boston robberies, not just bank robberies.

What happens at the end of The Town?

In the end, Claire discovers a bag full of money with a note -in which he states how much he hopes to reunite with her one day-, buried in the Community garden, and a tangerine, as a hint of him being probably in Florida.

Is Doug MacRay still alive?

In 2010, after his gang was eliminated, he fled to Tallahassee, Florida, where he lives now….Doug MacRay.

Is Charlestown really known for bank robberies?

Police figures from 2010 showed that Charlestown accounted for barely 2 per cent of all Boston robberies (not just bank robberies). According to FBI statistics from the same year, the entire state of Massachusetts had fewer than 3 per cent of all bank robberies nationwide.

Is Doug MacRay a real person from The Town?

Doug MacRay (1972-) was a bank robber from Boston, Massachusetts.

Is the town appropriate for kids?

Violent, well-done thriller. Not for kids.

Is there an alternate ending to the town?

There are three known versions to exist: the 125-minute theatrical cut; the 150-minute extended cut that follows closely to the novel and the 153-minute alternate cut that is the same as the extended version but uses the original novel’s ending.