PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Michael O'Keefe Billy Taggart(Mark Wahlberg)is still stinging after being double-crossed and framed by Mayor Nicholas Hostetler(Russell Crowe). Several years after leaving the force and becoming a private detective, the mayor is the last person Taggart would be expecting a call from. The New York City mayor, not exactly a clean running political machine, needs a favor and knows of Taggart's deliberate and rough way of getting information. Hostetler strongly suspects his wife Cathlene(Catherine Zeta-Jones)of having an affair and he wants to know who the guy is. When in short order the lover turns up dead; Taggart learns that the mayor is in the middle of some very lucrative and shady real estate dealings. And consequently, is also no a model husband. Cathlene is not apposed of bringing her husband down.Wahlberg, as he usually is, doing his rough and tougher than nails thing. Crowe is commanding, demanding and down right mean. The drop dead gorgeous Zeta-Jones has no problems being cold as ice.Rounding out the cast: Barry Pepper, Alona Tal, Kyle Chandler, Natalie Martinez, Jeffrey Wright and Michael Beach.

ojolie You wouldn't miss a thing, if you miss this movie. Even Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe don't help. Yeah, good actors are in the cast, so what!? Story line doesn't go beyond being a mediocre, another corruption story with some action here and there...Sometimes I even lost track of what's going on, because it wasn't written well, I guess.Nothing new to offer... Nothing interesting... No exceptional acting...I don't even have anything else to say really to finish up this review... I wish IMDb didn't have this rule to finish up a review for certain numbers of lines. When it's a waste of time to watch the movie, it's even harder to write a review about it.

blanche-2 "Broken City" from 2013 has some big names: Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, and Catherine Zeta-Jones doing a predictable script that is beneath them.The story concerns an on-the-wagon alcoholic ex-cop, Billy Taggert. Up on charges for a nighttime shooting, the Mayor (Russell Crowe) is aware of new evidence and has him fired. Seven years later, Taggert is working as a detective, getting evidence for divorce cases when the Mayor summons him. He wants Taggert to find out who is sleeping with his wife (Jones) and bring him photos. He tells Taggert that he's afraid his opponent in the upcoming mayoral election, Jack Valiant (Barry Pepper) would use this against him if it's found out. With a lot of clients owing him money, Taggert accepts a $25,000 down payment from him.He tails the Mayor's wife and discovers that she's seeing Paul Andrews (Kyle Chandler) the opponent's campaign manager. After reporting this to the Mayor, Andrews winds up dead.First of all, you know who the murder victim is immediately because of the casting (I think). And a good part of the plot is given away when Taggert and Andrews meet on the subway (again, that's what I think, though evidently Taggert didn't figure it out).A subplot concerns Taggert's relationship with his girlfriend (Natalie Barrow), an actress who is making her debut in an independent film. Once the audience becomes aware of what's going on in the movie, we can pretty much see what will happen with this couple.All in all, "Broken City" has some good performances, particularly from Russell Crowe and Alona Tai, who plays Taggert's assistant, but it has no punch. It's a dark movie with an old plot that the screenwriter has attempted to make more modern. Done right, it would have packed a wallop. It doesn't, but if you're looking for something from Netflix, for instance, you might like it.

mst900 The movie was entertaining enough if you like the usual Wahlberg formula of cop-ex-cop against the establishment. One issue I always have with him is that Wahlberg mumbles his lines. He is frequently unintelligible. Another problem with the movie is C-bonics. The "writers" of a number of his movies, though not unique to him, are obviously not familiar with the rules of English. Anyone can call himself a writer or an author these days. You will frequently hear - "between you and I" - in the dialogue. Why no editor or even a minimally educated person picks this up is beyond me. There are the usual trite instances common to all movies nowadays. There is nothing new under the sun and I would not pay to see this at the movies.