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The Town (2010)

Drama Action Crime Romance
Rated R
123 min.
Release Date
September 17, 2010
Digital Date
July 1, 2020 (Netflix)
DVD Release Date
December 17, 2010 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Ben Affleck
Writer
Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, Chuck Hogan
Cast
Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper
Running Time
123 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and drug use

In the adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel "The Prince of Thieves," Affleck would play a career thief who becomes smitten by the manager of a bank. The project would be based in Charlestown, Mass., a gritty blue-collar Boston suburb similar to the one that Affleck captured in his directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone."

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Fifteen years after Heat and four years after The Departed, Ben Affleck looks to stamp his place in crime fiction with a new, gritty action-drama set on the streets of Boston. The Town, about a group of increasingly violent bank robbers, is the opening act for awards season. Full movie review »
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