Broken City Reviews

Movie Reviews

• 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 into

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• wants to get heavy about politics and corruption, but all it's really saying is: 'Twas ever thus

  by Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]

• this is a broken movie

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• the whole thing feels sloppily unfocused

  by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic ]

• the city may be broken, but the movie star's formula is working fine

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• it's a hallmark of this slightly-better-than-average thriller that it is missing some of the requisite thrills

  by Roger Moore [Movie Nation ]

• is in serious need of repair. And with all the talent involved, it's all the more disappointing

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• is a fractured movie

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• feels rather contrived and unbelievable in the setting of contemporary New York

  by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]

• Crowe is the best thing in Allen Hughes's cluttered, formulaic thriller, which is to say he's enjoyably terrible

  by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]

• blandly made and quickly forgotten thrillers

  by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]

• an evocative and over-ambitious title for a so-so political potboiler that wants to be a gritty

  by Justin Chang [Variety ]

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