Directed by : Allen Hughes
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/
Did you ever think why I chose you ... because I own you.
Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), a cop is accused of charges and tried in court but Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe) saves him only to inform him later that he has to lose his uniform. Few years goesby, and Mayor asks Billy who has become a private detective now, to come to New York and spy his wife Cathleen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who Mayor thinks is cheating on him. Billy helps Mayor only to find out later that he had been set up by Mayor, but why exactly is what he needs to find out before the cops reach him.
When script and screenplay are too weak, its tough to engage the audience into the movie. The plot was too predictable, and therefore it was left to performances or any sub-plots that could appeal to me. The sub-plot of Billy and his co-worker in detective cases Katy (Alona Tal) was the one that worked for me, humourous most of the times and very helpful plus caring towards each other.
Billy and his wife plot was the worst written part in the movie, infact I would had preferred it to be totally chopped off.. and possibly add more scenes between Billy and Mayor. The two scenes they have together, one where Mayor offers him the work with a advance amount that Billy desperately wanted after getting less money from his detective cases work, and the other one where Billy thinks he is winning against Mayor only to find Mayor's plan that outdoes him.. the former scene sets up the tone of the movie (though takes too much time), while the latter scene tries to be dramatic in leading to climax but fails miserably.
I love the montage where Billy and Katy work out the pending money from clients whose cases have been solved. Also, the scene where Russell and Jack (Barry Pepper) are in a debate and try to outsmart each other.
Russell Crowe gets few scenes to shine, but he is let down by a weak script.. love the scene where he welcomes Billy back, he improvises a lot during that entire scene. Wahlberg is good. Katy is superb in supporting role. While Catherine Zeta looks gorgeous in almost a nothing role. Among the rest cast, Barry Pepper and Micheal Beach did decent work.
In the end, Broken City is a below average movie, with hardly anything to boast of.
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/
Did you ever think why I chose you ... because I own you.
Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), a cop is accused of charges and tried in court but Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe) saves him only to inform him later that he has to lose his uniform. Few years goesby, and Mayor asks Billy who has become a private detective now, to come to New York and spy his wife Cathleen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who Mayor thinks is cheating on him. Billy helps Mayor only to find out later that he had been set up by Mayor, but why exactly is what he needs to find out before the cops reach him.
When script and screenplay are too weak, its tough to engage the audience into the movie. The plot was too predictable, and therefore it was left to performances or any sub-plots that could appeal to me. The sub-plot of Billy and his co-worker in detective cases Katy (Alona Tal) was the one that worked for me, humourous most of the times and very helpful plus caring towards each other.
Billy and his wife plot was the worst written part in the movie, infact I would had preferred it to be totally chopped off.. and possibly add more scenes between Billy and Mayor. The two scenes they have together, one where Mayor offers him the work with a advance amount that Billy desperately wanted after getting less money from his detective cases work, and the other one where Billy thinks he is winning against Mayor only to find Mayor's plan that outdoes him.. the former scene sets up the tone of the movie (though takes too much time), while the latter scene tries to be dramatic in leading to climax but fails miserably.
I love the montage where Billy and Katy work out the pending money from clients whose cases have been solved. Also, the scene where Russell and Jack (Barry Pepper) are in a debate and try to outsmart each other.
Russell Crowe gets few scenes to shine, but he is let down by a weak script.. love the scene where he welcomes Billy back, he improvises a lot during that entire scene. Wahlberg is good. Katy is superb in supporting role. While Catherine Zeta looks gorgeous in almost a nothing role. Among the rest cast, Barry Pepper and Micheal Beach did decent work.
In the end, Broken City is a below average movie, with hardly anything to boast of.
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