The stars in "Broken City" include Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Crowe. | 20th Century Fox photo
Russell Crowe (from left), Jeffrey Wright and Mark Wahlberg star in the crime drama "Broken City." | 20th Century Fox photo
In "Broken City," ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) aims for redemption. | 20th Century Fox photo
Russell Crowe (left) stars as a power-hungry New York mayor and Mark Wahlberg plays Billy Taggart, a temperamental but basically good-hearted cop, in "Broken City." | 20th Century Fox photo
★1/2 It should come as no surprise that every character in a movie called “Broken City” is rotten to the core, a liar, a schemer or the bearer of damaging secrets. What is surprising — and frustrating, really — is these characters never feel like …