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In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.
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In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.
Budget 56,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 34,737,199 USD
As one of the producers, Mark Wahlberg offered the role of Billy Taggart to Michael Fassbender, but when he declined, Wahlberg ended up playing the part himself.
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2008 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
When Billy is getting into Katy's car, he asks her, "Where did you get these seat covers, the Gaza Strip?". Katy is played by Alona Tal, who was born in Israel, and served in the Israeli Defense Forces.
At one point, during a campaign meeting, Jack Valliant (Barry Pepper) tells his team they need that "Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy" moment. Two years prior to this movie, Pepper starred as Robert Kennedy, JFK's brother, in The Kennedys (2011).
In this movie, Russell Crowe plays a powerful politician/mayor who is secretly linked to the suspicious death of a political rival's aide. In State of Play (2009), he plays a veteran journalist investigating his friend, a powerful politician, and his connection to the suspicious death of a congressional aide.
"Billy Taggart: I did it to keep a woman. Cathleen Hostetler: Then you *do* believe in love. Billy Taggart: I believe in loving the one you're with. Cathleen Hostetler: Mm, what are you, stupid or Catholic? Billy Taggart: Both."
"Billy Taggart: Doesn't anybody in this town speak in complete fuckin' sentences anymore?"
