iche le ▁Bach mann ; ▁the ▁film ▁received ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁and ▁failed ▁commer cially . ▁Her ▁final ▁release ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁was ▁Play ing ▁for ▁K ee ps , ▁a ▁rom antic ▁comedy ▁with ▁Ger ard ▁Butler , ▁which ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁her ▁third ▁box ▁office ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Z eta - J ones ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁leading ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁crime ▁thr iller ▁Bro ken ▁City , ▁co - st arring ▁Mark ▁Wahl berg ▁and ▁Russell ▁Cro we . ▁The ▁film ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁private ▁detect ive ▁( W ahl berg ) ▁who ▁is ▁h ired ▁by ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁( C ro we ) ▁to ▁sp y ▁on ▁his ▁wife ▁( Z eta - J ones ). ▁Tod d ▁Mc Car thy ▁of ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁thought ▁that ▁Z eta - J ones ▁" look s ▁like ▁class ▁itself ▁and ▁nicely ▁under plays ", ▁and ▁Li am ▁L ace y ▁of ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁actress ▁" does ▁a ▁fair , ▁if ▁incon gru ous , ▁imp erson ation ▁of ▁a ▁for ties ▁v amp ". ▁However , ▁as ▁with ▁Z eta - J ones ' s ▁previous ▁few ▁projects , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁not ▁widely ▁seen , ▁and ▁received ▁poor ▁reviews . ▁This ▁changed ▁when ▁Z eta - J ones ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁S oder berg h ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁time ▁to ▁film ▁the ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed