Watch it .... highly recommended

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2010)

The Town was very engrossing , watchable and high octane drama that kept me glued to the screen. The film opens with a bank robbery in Charlestown. Ben Affleck (Doug) and his gang loots the bank and kidnaps the manager, Claire Keesey, as a hostage and releases her later. They find out that Claire lives in Charlestown, so they want to ensure that she did not see anything that could incriminate them if they were to ever run into her. As such, Doug begins a personal relationship with her to find out what she knows and what she's told the police and the FBI, who have taken charge of the investigation. He learns that she has kept some information from the authorities for her own protection but information that could identify James in particular. But Doug slowly falls for her, as she does for him. Ultimately, Doug dreams about leaving his Charlestown life to be with Claire anywhere but there. But Doug has to try and keep his true identity from her, and keep the fact that he is seeing her from his colleagues. Doug tries to leave the job and start something new but it would not be easy for him as he other commitments. When I saw the trailer of this film , i thought it would be just an average flick but my curiosity rose up after hearing lot of critical acclaim and reviews of the film and my joy knew no bounds after watching the movie. Though it started on a slow note but later it turned out to be very engrossing and ready - to- chill thriller. The performances were really awesome especially by Ben Affleck , Jeremy Renner and Rebbecca Hall . The direction was very sharp and witty. Ben Affleck has shown lot of improvement with each films. The cinematography was equally convincing. The bottom line :- Go for it .... Awesome !!