2013's Broken City is one of those films that falls into the "good enough" category. It has a decent cast and some pretty good cinematography, but suffers from a formulaic plot.
The film is about a former cop-turned-private investigator, named Billy Taggart (played by Mark Wahlberg) who has been hired by the mayor of New York City to follow his wife and collect evidence of an affair. Of course this is all part of an elaborate setup, and a much bigger government corruption scheme. If you're even a moderate fan of political thrillers or crime dramas you'll probably be able to predict every twist this movie throws at you 10 minutes before it happens.
With that being said, I still think it's entertaining. Russell Crowe plays Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and Catherine Zeta-Jones plays his wife and are both solid. The movie does lack a bit of tension, and there's a whole thing about Billy's girlfriend being an aspiring actress which felt, at least to me, like unnecessary subplot thrown in to pad the runtime.
Overall, Broken City is a mixed-bag. If you like Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and films about corruption then definitely check it out. Otherwise you're not missing anything if you skip this one. It's fine and I wasn't bored but, I'm also going to probably forget I even watched it in a few days.
2.5 out of 5
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