The Town Review

Posted on February 13th, 2011. Written by nick.

The Description

In Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, the city known for the highest amount of high class criminal bank robberies, a group of talented bank robbers is being perused by the FBI. After shooting cars and steeling money they had to pay the Florist, a man who supplies the group with there jobs/intelligence. When Doug wants out of the business the Florist makes him take a job that he tries to refuse or else he’s dead. During the job Doug and his crew run into trouble and the whole job goes south.

The Plot

Charlestown, a city that produces the most strong armed bank robbers/robberies in the world. Doug MacRay, Albert Magloan, James Coughlin, Desmond Elden were all in the same group that pull the most risky heists. After the FBI starts tracking them they are forced into doing another job after Doug announces he wanted out, the Florist makes him do the job anyway. During the job the FBI gets in a fire fight with the group on there get away and 2 of the gun men go down. After hiding in the crowd the gunman with the money gets spotted by a fed and the chase begins.

The Bottom Line

The movie is an amazing bank robber movie, that has a good mix of driving, gun fights, and story line. The directing in the movie is great, from bullet and sound effects to car chases through the city. The actors did an awesome job as well, overall the movie gets a 9/10.

Film Details

Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Length 125 min.