Four lifelong friends from Charlestown, Boston —mild-mannered Doug MacRay, volatile James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden—rob a bank wearing latex skeleton masks. Against Doug's wishes, Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey hostage, but later releases her unharmed. · In a YouTube video for Insider, former bank robber Cain Vincent Dyer assessed several Hollywood heist movies for their accuracy, and he praised the first robbery scene in The Town. · In a video analysis by Insider featuring former bank robber Cain Vincent Dyer, who breaks down bank heist scenes in television and film, Dyer carefully dissected the robbery scenes in The... BenAffleck's violent R-rated action heist thriller, 'The Town,' is a streaming success on HBO Max, ahead of 'The Rip's release on Netflix. The Town was a crime drama directed by BenAffleck in 2010 as an adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s book, Prince of Thieves. Affleck appeared in the film as Doug, one of many robbers involved in a heist at Boston’s Fenway Park. · A bankrobbery goes a little different than planned when one of the robbers takes a hostage. Doug (Affleck) has to duty to check up on the hostage after she is let go, to see if she knows anything about the crew. · In “The Town,” BenAffleck plays Doug MacRay, the next generation of a bank-robbing family in the Boston area of Charlestown. This square mile, we’re told, contains more thieves and bankrobbers than anyplace else in the country. It’s a family trade, like cobbling or the law.
