After Mark Wahlberg surprised last January with the entertaining thriller Contraband, can he repeat the magic in 2013? He’s given a chance with the Allen Hughes-directed drama Broken City and while a trailer is hitting soon to go with Taken 2, we’ve got the first theatrical poster today. Featuring Wahlberg alongside Russell Crowe, it’s a fairly generic look, but hopefully the first footage brings more interest. Also starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Barry Pepper, Jeffrey Wright and Kyle Chandler, check out the poster below, after the official synopsis, thanks to IMDb.
Mark Wahlberg as an ex-cop-turned-private detective who is hired by the mayor (Russell Crowe) to see if his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is cheating on him. The private eye confirms those suspicions, and when the mayor’s wife’s cheating partner ends up dead, the private eye immerses himself in the mayor’s business and uncovers a real estate scandal that involves the mayor dealing himself choice city-owned properties.
Broken City arrives on January 18th.