An ex-cop PI with a dirty
past gets marooned in a FUBAR infidelity case among city elites that results in
murder and corrupted land deals. Forget it, Jake, this isn’t sharp dagger
classic “Chinatown.” It’s dull spoon thriller “Broken City” with Mark Wahlberg
as the dick working for a NYC mayor (Russell Crowe) who’s up for reelection. Mayor’s
demand: “Find my wife’s lover,” but he has more in play. Money. The plot is threadbare.
Jake Gittes worked for his info. Suffered.
Wahlberg’s hero *finds* the bad guy’s plans printed on giant poster board with bold
font at a Dumpster. Good actors have saved worse, right? Not this. Crowe plays
the mayor in a cartoon mashup of 1970s’ Lex Luther and Donald Trump, with
spray-on can orange skin and a dippy toupee. Wahlberg? Autopilot. Director
Albert Hughes smart, too a tone for Wahlberg, too brave for the sorry studio? C
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