The first trailer for the political thriller broken city, starring mark wahlberg, russell crowe, and catherine zetajones. At the after party he glowers and starts drinking, natalie tries to stop him. Broken city was directed by allen hughes and written by brian tucker. But there is one scene, a literal movie within the movie, that reaches a. A standard, runof themill political thriller about corrupt politicians and the private eye caught in the middle of it all, is elevated by the turns of mark wahlberg and russell crowe, but the script itself is. In a broken city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart mark wahlberg seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor russell crowe.
In broken city, crowes mayoral campaign fits the movies swift but narrow current and never risks overflowing. In a broken city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart mark wahlberg seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor russell. Directed by allen hughes who has teamed up with his brother on films such as menace ii society, from hell and the book of eli, this is a big, juicy, sometimes clunky political crime thriller that plays like a 21st century bmovie. Broken city plunges us headlong into the zoo of modern new york city, where we find disgraced excop billy taggart mark wahlberg working as a paparazzistyle private eye, taking beatings and earning ire, while being stiffed on payment by deadbeat customers.
Mark wahlberg and catherine zetajones in broken city 20 mark. Broken city nothing is quite as it seems in this twisty political thriller starring mark wahlberg, russell crowe and catherine zetajones. Thats not to say the trailers misrepresented the film in any way. Mark wahlberg at an event for broken city 20 mark wahlberg and allen. Billy gets a chance to return to the big leagues when his old acquaintance, mayor. Billys relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force and the mayors. The series focuses on michael kerrigan, the priest of a roman catholic parish in a northern english city, who despite suffering from his own troubles stemming from a traumatic childhood, tries to guide several of his most vulnerable parishioners. Also, the two leads mumble their way through their scenes. Brian tuckers script for broken city made the prestigious black list of best unproduced screenplays in 2008. Movie info in a broken city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart mark wahlberg seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. In the following july, mandate entered a deal with the production company mr.
Mudd to jointly produce one film per year, the first being broken city. The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2008 blacklist. Seven years after being forced to resign as a cop, billy taggart wahlberg is working as a private eye when hes hired by the mayor of new york city crowe to follow his wife zetajones, whom he suspects. I looked up alona tal because shes such crackerjack fun in broken city. Broken city was released in 20 on friday, january 18, 20 in nationwide movie theaters. In a broken city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart mark wahlberg seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Thanks to its fine cast, the finished product lands a bare few inches above mediocrity. After her description of the book, i knew i had to pick it up. Broken city may not be the most original film, but its a goodlooking and lightly entertaining one. Broken city 20 former cop billy taggart mark wahlberg sees a chance at redemption for past sins when new york citys mayor nicolas hostetler russell crowe calls on him for a special job. Director allen hughes doesnt stylize broken city quite so flamboyantly as such previous efforts as from hell and the book of eli both. I also go by recommendations by other bloggers who post on their respective blogs and facebook pages. Broken city contains many good individual elements, but they never add up to a thoroughly satisfying whole. In a city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart seeks redemption and revenge after.
According to the internet movie database, she was born in herzlia, israel, once recorded a song with wyclef jean, came in second for the role of veronica mars and served in the israel defense. Broken city trailer featuring mark wahlberg and russell. Broken is a sixpart british television drama series, created by screenwriter jimmy mcgovern, that first broadcast on bbc one on 30 may 2017. Broken city, directed by allen hughes the new york times. Somethings rotten in the core of the big apple, and mark wahlberg, russell crowe and catherine zetajones are all tangled up in the festering mess of politics, crime and corruption. A new trailer for the political thriller broken city, starring mark wahlberg, russell crowe, and catherine zetajones.
Broken by kelly elliot was recommended by a fellow. Alona tal on working with mark wahlberg as an actor behind the scenes jan 18, 20 12. Broken city 20, drama thriller released in english language in theatre near you in. Broken city is a 20 american neonoir crime thriller film directed by allen hughes and written by brian tucker. In may 2008, mandate pictures bought tuckers unsolicited screenplay intending to hire a director and cast to film later in the year. Broken city official trailer 20th century fox youtube. With mark wahlberg, russell crowe, catherine zetajones, jeffrey wright. Broken city is a very good movie but its not the type of movie i thought it would be.
One of my favorite book tubers highly recommended the broken girls. At its best, though, the film strains heroically to achieve its chinatownlevel ambition and transcend its hackneyed elements. Billys relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force and the mayors worst nightmare. Starring russell crowe and mark wahlberg, its the kind of starstudded, testosteronedriven movie that teens might find appealing. I found myself confused trying to follow the rather messy attempt at a spiderweb of a plot, but in the end, it was an enjoyable time for me, in spite of its many, many flaws. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing broken city near you.
Broken city never asks its gumshoe to repent for the blood on his own hands, and the anticorruptionbut provigilantismethics here are especially murky. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. But theres some pretty intense violence including images of gunshot victims. Download on amazon broken city play on apple music broken city download on itunes broken city play on spotify broken city play on youtube broken city. Hostetler successfully declares he has been slowly fixing a broken city against valliants plan for higher taxes.
Broken city cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. In a city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart seeks redemption and revenge. Real emails from the broken city will always include witty banter. It bored me and i never thought i would say that about a mark wahlberg movie. Broken city has two great lead actors in russell crowe and mark wahlberg as the mayor and the detective. After an explicit sex scene billy is very uncomfortable. Check out new brokencity movies released in the year 2020.
I wish i could pinpoint the specifics for you but it was just a train wreck from beginning to end. Broken city tries to play out like an intelligent thriller, however what we get instead is a movie so dreary and dull that itd be a task to keep your mind reeled in with the happenings onscreen. Broken city story, broken city hollywood movie story, plot. Released january 18th, 20, broken city stars mark wahlberg, russell crowe, catherine zetajones, jeffrey wright the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 48 min, and received a score of 49 out. The broken citys email account was hacked last night. Parents need to know that broken city is a mature political thriller with lethal violence, strong language, and lots of heavy drinking. Broken city is not an unwatchable movie, but its not a great movie either. The broken girls is a mix of historical fiction, mysterythriller, and ghost story. In broken city, though, the question of whether billy is a good or bad man, a decent or dirty lawman and the equally important matter of whether the shooting was justified hovers in.
I had seen the trailer for this movie quite a few times, but it never really. Everything you need to know about broken city movie 20. How broken is mark wahlbergs boxoffice bomb broken city. Latest brokencity movies 2020 new brokencity films. A llen hughess first solo outing after years of codirecting with his twin brother, albert, is a smooth thriller that might be. Forsaken is a thrilling second installment in the broken city series, giving us a once broken and now determined to live heroine and three heroes with varying personalities who easily win over our hearts. In a broken city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Broken city soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. Albert menace ii society, the book of eli, has clearly studied up on classic new york films. Directed by allen hughes who has teamed up with his brother on films such as menace ii society, from hell and the book of eli, this is a. Broken city tells a sordid tale of bigcity corruption that would have made for a fine film noir 60 years ago but feels rather contrived and unbelievable in the setting of contemporary new york. Russell crowe plays the corrupt mayor of new york city, his wife, catherine zeta jones, plays well not much.
It can be entertaining to see a cop bringing down evildoers, but the actual scandal in broken city isnt compelling. Broken city trailer featuring russell crowe and mark. In a city rife with injustice, excop billy taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being doublecrossed and then framed by its most powerful figure. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including guillermo del toro presents mama. Broken city is the story of an excop trailing the wife of new york citys mayor finds himself immersed in a larger scandal.