add to our listings
All photos (5)
Running Time
109
min
Release Date
Jan 18, 2013
Broken City
When disgraced cop turned private detective Billy Taggart is hired by NYC's mayor to tail his wife, he uncovers a city-wide conspiracy of corruption, sex, and murder. With his life threatened at every turn, Billy finds himself faced with an impossible choice, which could have disastrous repercussions for his career and family.
Created by
Movie Theaters & Showtimes
Write a ReviewDon't Miss This
Sponsored Listings
Hot Tickets
More »
ON SALE NOW
-
Thu 11/14 8:00p
-
Fri 5/24 7:30p
-
Fri 10/4 7:30p
-
Sat 8/10 7:00p
-
Fri 9/27 7:00p
-
Sat 10/19 7:00p
If Michael Bloomberg had an evil twin — hoarse with power and wealth, swollen with macho entitlement — he’d probably look a lot like Russell Crowe in “Broken City.” As New York City mayor Nick Hostetler, Crowe is the best thing in Allen Hughes’s cluttered, formulaic thriller, which is to say he’s enjoyably terrible. With his perma-tan, Julius Caesar bangs, and an outer-borough yawp that lands on your ears like the Sunday Post hitting your doorstep, Hostetler is a New York monster to rank with J.J. Hunsecker in the classic “Sweet Smell of Success.” Too bad the movie’s not remotely up to that level.
(Full review)