Broken City (2013, dir. Allen Hughes) ***/****

Broken City tells the tale of Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) a an ex-cop turned private eye who is enlisted by the mayor of New York City (Russell Crowe) to find out if and who with his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is having an affair.  The mayor, Hostetler (Crowe) is in the middle of a heated campaign to be re-elected as mayor.  His main opponent (Jack Valliant) is eager to take his place and his campaign manager may or may not be having the affair with Zeta-Jones' character.  Wahlberg finds himself going deeper and deeper into the seamy underbelly of Hostetler's corruption.  Eventually, he must risk his freedom from imprisonment by revealing the corruption.  It is not the greatest film I have seen in recent times but it is a pretty entertaining film with solid performances from all the principle actors.  The screenplay is weak at times and the story can be confusing but it is good enough to be seen by fans of the actors and mysteries.