Broken City Reviews
3AW
It is predictable procedural fodder - you can see the "twists" coming a mile away - but done with enough conviction to paper over the plot holes and cliches.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Fan The Fire
It has ideas and, in places, verve, but it can't help but feel like a pretty standard thriller with some big names rather erroneously attached
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| Original Score: 3/5
Observer [UK]
It's moderately enjoyable, well acted and both complicated and simplistic.
Urban Cinefile
Mark Wahlberg builds a credible and complex charaterisation as the flawed character whose route to redemption is paved with treachery. He's the best thing going for Broken City
Urban Cinefile
Excelling in the smarmy stakes, Russell Crowe is back in form as a crooked New York Mayor...
Contactmusic.com
While this thriller plays with themes of political ethics and ambition, it merely lets them simmer in the background. Director Hughes is clearly much more interested in macho posturing and the convoluted scandal-based plot.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Irish Times
Wahlberg and Crowe. Together at last. So overwhelming. Can't breathe for testosterone. Can't even write complete sentences.
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| Original Score: 3/5
HeyUGuys
Although Broken City promises more than is ultimately delivered, it remains an easy to indulge in thriller.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Express
It doesn't really ring true but it's fun and well performed.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sky Movies
Broken City opens solid and closes solid, and is engaging for those looking for a slickly made and well-acted Saturday night crime suspenser.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Birmingham Post
I wouldn't call it gripping, but it's compelling enough to make you keep watching - and the performances lift a script which could be better.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Flix Capacitor
It's fine if you're in the mood for a perfunctory Mark Wahlberg crime drama, but not nearly as smart, slick or subtle as it needs to be. More medium-toasted than hard-boiled.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Scotsman
Even though it reminds you of any number of other, better pulpy variations on this theme, it's pretty watchable and at least Crowe doesn't get to sing.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Tulsa World
The movie is thoroughly entertaining. But it is entertaining in a way that, though you enjoy each scene on its own, after it's over and you think of the work as a whole, you can't help but be less than impressed.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The List
Forgive some misconceived scenes and weird directorial decisions, and there's enough charisma and intrigue onscreen for a decent wallow in wickedness.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Reel Film Reviews
...a perfunctory and distressingly forgettable piece of work.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Top CriticIf you're in the mood for some slick trash featuring great actors slumming it without phoning it in, "Broken City" is a crackling good time.
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| Original Score: 3/5
jackiekcooper.com
Mark Wahlberg's charisma elevates this run of the mill drama to above average entertainment.
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| Original Score: 6/10
