破碎之城

比利·塔吉特（马克·沃尔伯格 Mark Wahlberg 饰）是一名备受尊敬的纽约警察。然而在一次追捕杀人犯人中致后者死亡，最终审判结果被私下篡改，犯人被定为自卫，而被市民称为“英雄”的塔吉特却被迫离开警局。 　　7年后，塔吉特以一名私家侦探的身份重新出现，然而市场并不景气，濒临破产之际，市长霍斯泰特勒（罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰）找到他，让他帮忙查出妻子凯瑟琳（凯瑟琳·泽塔-琼斯 Catherine Zeta-Jones 饰）的情夫。然而事成之后，塔吉特却渐渐发现事件并非表面上那么简单，在此背后隐藏的政权利益、金钱交易和肉体买卖仿佛黑幕般笼罩着纽约这座破碎之城，牵扯其中的甚至还有7年前自己那桩冤案……In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven years later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder.