Broken City tells the tale of Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), an ex-NYPD cop turned private investigator who, as a member of the force, had a promising career until the moment he was involved in a controversial shooting. Stripped of his badge, but kept out of jail, the story picks up seven years later when he’s hired by Nicholas Hostetler, the Mayor of New York City (Russell Crowe) to follow his wife, Cathleen Hostetler (Catherine Zeta Jones). What seems like an easy payday rapidly spirals downwards when Taggart uncovers a web of corruption and realizes all too late that he’s become entrenched in a much bigger scandal. Unfortunately for him, it quickly becomes clear that the mayor isn’t exactly who he seems to be, and for the private eye to achieve redemption, he’ll have to risk everything – possibly even his freedom.

Roger Moore of the McClatchy-Tribune News Service writes, “There’s a lot of background to pack into every character, and [writer] Brian Tucker sets up each character as a paragon of right, only to pull a rug from under them.” Roger Ebert gives the film three of four stars and says, “It’s a pretty great performance from Russell Crowe. Mark Wahlberg is solid, Jeffrey Wright puts his usual unique spin on his role, and Kyle Chandler is so good you want to see more of his character. You’ll have a good time.” Broken City is opening in 2,700 theaters, and HSX is predicting that it earns between $18M and $21M.

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Rating: R // Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller // Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min. // Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones // Directed by: Allen Hughes // Written by: Brian Tucker // Produced by: 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Black Bear Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Emmett/Furla Films, Envision Entertainment Corporation, Leverage Communications, New Regency Pictures, Regency Enterprises // Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation