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The Town (2010)  link to The Town on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 1881

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IMDb Rating:
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7.6/10 (301.4K votes)

Country: United States, 125 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director(s): Ben Affleck

Storyline:
The Charlestown neighborhood of Boston is renowned for churning out a high number of armed robbers, generation after generation. These robbers never leave their Charlestown life on their own volition, the neighborhood where there is an unwritten code to protect that lifestyle. Such robbers include friends Doug MacRay, James Coughlin, Albert 'Gloansy' Magloan and Desmond Elden. Doug and James in particular treat each other like family, as the Coughlins have realistically been as such to Doug since Doug's mother ran off and Doug's father, Stephen MacRay, was sent to prison. James' single mother sister, the drugged out Krista Coughlin, and Doug have a casual sexual relationship. The foursome carry out a mostly successful bank robbery, but due to circumstances take the bank manager, Claire Keesey, hostage for a short period before releasing her physically unharmed. They find out that Claire lives in Charlestown, so they want to ensure that she did not see anything that could incriminate ...

Cast:

Ben Affleck Doug MacRay
Rebecca Hall Claire Keesey
Jon Hamm FBI S.A. Adam Frawley
Jeremy Renner James Coughlin
Blake Lively Krista Coughlin

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive & Drawer 18 Slot 146

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1