A well written, thrilling 2 hours.

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2011)

I'm writing this in part to refute the horribly negative comments from some of the other people who give reviews. I blame ignorance, because as it seems, more and more people whom write reviews try to pin every detail from one movie on another. The fact of the matter is, screenplays have been written for quite some time now, a completely original idea is almost impossible to find.
This is the same in technology, there are no new inventions anymore. Instead the world is completely ran on recycling that which was once good, and making it better. If you think of screenplays, or in the common era, cinematography, things don't seem as lackluster.
After that kind of boring introduction, let me first say good job Affleck. I must admit, after his role in the movie "Gigli" I swore to myself I'd never pay money to see his face again. However something about the trailer for "The Town" and having read "The Prince of Thieves", sparked my interest.
To people whom point at this movie and scream loopholes, I say where? In all honesty, you just pulled a heist against a bank, whom is the last person the police, and the victim would expect you to be around? The victim. It's a reverse psychology effect, especially when you are looking at life in prison for 4 other armed robberies.
To the people whom say this movie was just a cliché filled 2 hours, with a stolen plot, no character development, ingrained deeply in loopholes, I say think more deeply about the mindset that Doug McCray and his crew are going through. Everybody has to live for something, even if that something is bad.
I gave this movie an 8 out of 10. While a very thrilling, exciting, and quite twisting picture that unwinds in quite a reminiscent fashion as one of the most indisputably powerful films to every be written in the Shawshank Redemption, The Town simply did not leave me as moved. I assure you, I didn't expect it to, but to be mentioned positively, and to make one reminiscence of the masterpiece by Stephen King, Ben Affleck deserves respect.
The Town is definitely worth seeing, but when you see it, don't watch it from a 3rd person omniscient (all-knowing) mindset. Instead put yourself in the shoes of Doug McCray, even though the majority of people would say that they would never be in his position, if you were, what would you do? Pay attention to detail, the plot is very developed if you pay attention to it. While a review isn't much of a review if it is filled with empty rhetoric, and for that I apologize, but at the same time, these are the questions needed to be answered while watching a thriller film, with more than a just a pretty face. When the actual development of the characters is based on the thoughts of the audience, questions must be asked.