The Code of Silence and Friendship in Charlestown

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2011)

After the heist of the Cambridge Merchants Bank, the four thieves blindfold and kidnap the manager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). They take her driver license; release her at an empty beach; and head to Charlestown, Boston. Later, the friends Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck), James Coughlin (Jeremy Renner), Albert 'Gloansy' Magloan (Slaine) and Desmond Elden (Owen Burke) find that Claire also lives in Charlestown and they decide to monitor her steps. Doug MacRay gets close to Claire to know what she might have told to the FBI and they fall in love with each other.
Meanwhile, the FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley (Jon Hamm) is assigned to investigate the heists to armored trucks and banks in Charlestown and he concludes that the thieves are the four friends. He joins his team and keeps Doug and his friends under surveillance. Doug decides to move to Florida with Claire and begin a new life; however, the dwellers are trapped in Charlestown and they do not have any way out but dead.
"The Town" is an engaging and surprisingly great thriller directed by Ben Affleck. The story of dwellers that live under a code of silence and friendship in a town called Charlestown develops the lead characters very well and is a combination of thriller, crime, drama and action genres. The beauty of Rebecca Hall is very impressive and she has a great chemistry with Ben Affleck. This is the next to last film of Pete Postlethwaite, who died of cancer in the beginning of this year. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Atração Perigosa" ("Dangerous Attraction")