Film Review – Broken City

“Broken City” starts off with tremendous confidence, establishing a
story that pits corrupt politicians against corrupt cops during an
election season, with the future of New York City at stake. It’s Mark
Wahlberg vs. Russell Crowe in a big screen battle of brawn, with
director Allen Hughes creating an enticing web of lies to examine as the
film unfolds. There’s promise here, and a satisfying opening act. And
then the production begins to break down under the weight of its own
ambition, laboring to make plot points stick and characters significant,
eventually stumbling to a most unsatisfying close. In trying to
super-size its suspenseful interests, “Broken City” becomes a broken
record, hitting formulaic notes of fraud when the script is more
convincing as a visceral study of men behaving badly. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com