Four Stars, Movie Reviews - Written by trench on Friday, January 6, 2006 6:14 - 8 Comments

Four Brothers (DVD)

Tags: Andre_Benjamin, Four-Stars, John_Singleton, Mark_Wahlberg, Movies-on-DVD, Tyrese_Gibson

I’ve been meaning to see this film for quite sometime now. When it hit the theaters, I just totally missed it. I’ve been a fan of Mark Wahlberg’s films since his performances in Boogie Nights and The Big Hit. He isn’t the best rap star (Marky Mark), but his films have always been pretty good.

Four Brothers combined all three elements that make a good movie. It had just the right amounts of action, comedy, and drama mixed into it. Overall, I thought the movie had a good balance of the three. The acting was also well done. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve always been a fan of “The actor” Mark Wahlberg, but I’ve never found Andre Benjamin or Tyrese to be great actors. Their movies were mediocre at best. In this film however, I thought they provided the perfect supporting cast.

The storyline itself is pretty much your typical revenge type theme, but the plot itself it much thicker than I thought it would be. This is definately a great rental. Pick it up.

After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store hold-up, the Mercer brothers–hotheaded Bobby, hard-edged Angel, family man and businessman Jeremiah, and hard rocking Jack–reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, they quickly realize that their old ways of doing business have new consequences. Its not as predictable as you might think.

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mark wahlberg has found his calling as an actor. check out ” i heart huckabees” to see his humorous side. he’s funnier than i thought he’d be.

Comment by ndo on January 6, 2006 at 7:15 am

aaw, I missed this film as well!! i like him too!! I watched the Rockstar.. did you?? hehehe!! MaryMarkkkk! Hahahaha! Yeah, he should stick to acting, huh?

Comment by Sarah on January 6, 2006 at 1:16 pm

It was really embarrassing though, watching the tumble dryer scene with my gran sitting beside me :P

Comment by Paul on January 6, 2006 at 8:48 pm

I wasn’t too sure how this film would play out, so I foolishly skipped it when it was in theatres. When it released on DVD, I immediately rented it, watched the hell out of it, then bought it. Wahlberg continues to impress me with his performances, and the rest of the cast performed much better than I ever antiipated. A great movie, indeed.

Comment by nwistheone on January 7, 2006 at 7:12 am

I’m a fan of Mark Wahlberg. Not because I hear he has a big wang, oh no! I like Big Hit and he’s pretty good in The Perfect Storm. :D

Comment by Barry on January 8, 2006 at 7:54 am

i luv this movie..yeah, i remember the tumble dryer scene..hehe..i also liked the movie “Big Hit”..and for Four Brothers, i like the story, the action and the twist in the story..keeps you guessing. :)

Comment by Jaypee on January 9, 2006 at 5:11 pm

I had the opportunity to catch this movie in theaters upon its release and it was great to say the least. I’ve become such a Netflix fanatic that now I have no need to purchase DVDs but this is one that I will certainlyl be adding the my collection.

Comment by Jorgeq on January 10, 2006 at 8:35 am