En una ciudad plagada de injusticias, el expolicía Billy Taggart busca la redención y la venganza tras ser traicionado por su figura más poderosa: el alcalde Nicholas Hostetler.En una ciudad plagada de injusticias, el expolicía Billy Taggart busca la redención y la venganza tras ser traicionado por su figura más poderosa: el alcalde Nicholas Hostetler.En una ciudad plagada de injusticias, el expolicía Billy Taggart busca la redención y la venganza tras ser traicionado por su figura más poderosa: el alcalde Nicholas Hostetler.
- Premios
- 1 premio
- Secretary - Hostetler
- (as a different name)
Argumento
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- CuriosidadesAs one of the producers, Mark Wahlberg offered the role of Billy Taggart to Michael Fassbender, but when he declined, Wahlberg ended up playing the part himself.
- PifiasIn Jack Valliant's elections headquarters there's a poster with the Hebrew word for "Jewish". Though those are the correct letters of the word, they're written left to right instead of right to left (hsiwej).
- Citas
Billy Taggart: I did it to keep a woman.
Cathleen Hostetler: Then you *do* believe in love.
Billy Taggart: I believe in loving the one you're with.
Cathleen Hostetler: Mm, what are you, stupid or Catholic?
Billy Taggart: Both.
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Written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
Performed by Billie Holiday
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
In his first solo outing, Allen Hughes (one half of the Hughes brothers that brought us "The Book of Eli") now offers a stylish, dark vision of corruption in New York. The ladies are beautiful and all have something to hide, the men are violent and vicious and the story is ripped out of countless true-to-life headlines. "Broken City" lives up to its name and fires a slug packed with intrigue and intelligence. That doesn't necessarily translate to mean "clever".
The story sold in the trailer is a bit misleading, but perhaps that's the point. Mayor Hostetler's hiring of the true-blue cop Taggart is only a minor segment of a much larger puzzle. It involves cops, businessmen, and politicians in bribery and exploitation with a prize that all but Billy seem to seek: power. Overall that is the film's theme and it more than adequately conveys it. If you understand that and aren't looking for much else, "Broken City" is your ticket.
As I was watching the film I kept thinking that there must have been some significant cutting and re-editing. Perhaps the original cut was too dry so they added in some scenes and cut some to make the film seem more edgy. But it doesn't seem as edgy as it could have been. A number of subplots (for instance Billy's actress girlfriend, or the undeveloped father-son relationship between two of the villains) go nowhere and remain unresolved when the screen goes black. I felt much the same way.
Mark Wahlberg does an excellent job playing Mark Wahlberg, a role he was born to play. Catherine Zeta-Jones is as beautiful and commanding as ever in a role that is too short for the movie. But it is Russell Crowe who devours his scenes with the political intensity I would suppose is necessary for any real Mayor of New York. Even as the script built around Billy lags, Crowe tears apart his role. He shows why he is truly one of the best actors in the business.
The supporting cast of this film are as much a draw as the leads. Jeffrey Wright, the usual supporting character with more power than he lets on, plays the secretive Police Commissioner. His character is introduced as a stock role but ends up being much more. Kyle Chandler has a small role that deserved to be expanded. Barry Pepper, who wasn't even featured in the trailer, is the only actor in the film with the same bravado as Crowe. His scenes, particularly one with Wright and Wahlberg, are indicative of why he should be the one on the poster, now buried in the bottom credits.
Overall "Broken City" kept my attention but left me hungry for more. I suppose that is all you can ask for at the movies. I would take this ride again.
- Bob_the_Hobo
- 18 ene 2013
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- La trama
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Empresas productoras
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- 35.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 19.701.164 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 8.268.908 US$
- 20 ene 2013
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 34.737.199 US$
- Duración1 hora 49 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1