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- 08:00 AM, Apr 26
whether the core flaw lies in the script or is the result of overly aggressive editing, the final result is offers only sporadic glimpses of the compelling thriller Broken City fails to evolve intoby James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
wants to get heavy about politics and corruption, but all it's really saying is: 'Twas ever thusby Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]
this is a broken movieby Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
the whole thing feels sloppily unfocusedby Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic ]
the city may be broken, but the movie star's formula is working fineby Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
it's a hallmark of this slightly-better-than-average thriller that it is missing some of the requisite thrillsby Roger Moore [Movie Nation ]
is in serious need of repair. And with all the talent involved, it's all the more disappointingby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
is a fractured movieby Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
feels rather contrived and unbelievable in the setting of contemporary New Yorkby Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]
Crowe is the best thing in Allen Hughes's cluttered, formulaic thriller, which is to say he's enjoyably terribleby Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
blandly made and quickly forgotten thrillersby Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]
an evocative and over-ambitious title for a so-so political potboiler that wants to be a grittyby Justin Chang [Variety ]