Broken City

2013 • 108 minutes

About this movie

Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta Jones star in this gripping crime thriller where everyone has a motive and no one can be trusted. Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York police officer, private detective Billy Taggart (Wahlberg) takes on his toughest case yet: following the wife (Zeta-Jones) of the city's hard-nosed mayor (Crowe), who's convinced she's cheating on him. But by the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Billy is already in too deep. Now, with his freedom -- and quite possibly his life -- on the line, Billy will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth, and seek redemption in a city where second chances don't come cheap.

Ratings and reviews

I would honesly, and truly, nominate Russell Crowe for the best actor in history. His role and remarkable acting absorbs the viewer and also adds on to Mark Wahlberg's role. Mark Wahlberg is just made for action movies. That's his purpose on Earth- an action movie actor. He can bring any action movie to life. Great movie, great actors, brilliant theme.

Decent plot, but not as action packed as I would expect from Mark Wahlberg.

With this cast I expected at least a passable movie...sadly, the script is an incoherent, pseudo-profound waste of acting talent.