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Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard ... see more see more... , Josh Charles , Sofía Vergara , Fionnula Flanagan , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Taraji P. Henson , Barry Shabaka Henley , Jernard Burks , Kenneth Welsh , Andre 3000

Four men come together to find out how and why the woman who raised them was killed in this hard-edged urban drama from director John Singleton. Short-tempered Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), struggling musici... read more read more...an Jack (Garrett Hedlund), streetwise Angel (Tyrese Gibson), and hard-working Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin) are four guys who don't appear to have much in common, in terms of either race or temperament. However, these men have one very important bond -- all four were adopted and raised by the same woman (Fionnula Flanagan), and they all love her as a mother, and respect one another as brothers. When their mother is killed during a robbery at a grocery store, the four brothers come together for the funeral, but when they don't get straight answers about what happened to her, they begin looking into the crime themselves. The deeper they dig into the case, the more the brothers begin to suspect that the shooting wasn't an accident, and that powerful and unexpected forces were involved. Four Brothers marked one of the first starring roles for Andre Benjamin, better known as Andre 3000 of the top selling hip-hop group OutKast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: John Singleton

Release Date: August 12, 2005

Keywords: action, revenge, forgettable

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DVD Release Date: December 20, 2005

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  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
    fb1463751009
    What the hell was this? I really wanted to like this movie. In fact, gangster revenge flicks (though overly done) is my kind of movie. This seems great! ...Hell naw.
    First of all, the screenplay tries extremely hard to bring upon the audience that these four brothers have a deep... read more chemistry between each other but frankly, the screenplay and the acting does not follow through. A lot of the scenes where they are trading lines back to back is cringe-worthy. There is absolutely no chemistry. I've also gotta say Chiwetel Ejiofor cannot pull a Denzel Washington. Is he really trying to be like him from "Training Day"? Y'all would know what I mean if you guys watch one of the last scenes in "Four Brothers". Skip this movie. Action scenes suck. And there's also a car chase scene with one of the WORST looking CGI snow I've ever seen.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    August 31, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    I felt that Four Brothers was nothing new in terms of a good action revenge film. The story itself has already been told a dozen times before, and this film is pure clichés in that respect. What's really a downer with this film is that the film starts off with a bang, but then it... read more treads similar territory as most revenge flicks, and doesn't try anything exciting to thrill the viewer. Instead you have a predictable story, of which the viewer knows the outcome right off the bat. The films builds is contrived, instead of naturally progressing the story to give the viewer a sense of intrigue, mystery and above all keep him interested in the film. I found myself being bored watching this film, and couldn't wait for the film to be over. Another point that really annoyed me was the overacting on the part of its actors. None of them delivered a good performance, and Four Brothers ended up being a boring, predictable film that had no redeeming elements to make the film watchable. I felt that Four Brothers was a missed opportunity, and maybe if it had a better cast and script; this film could have been better. Instead this film fails at delivering a really good revenge film, and it fails at being too predictable, even by revenge film standards. The ideas used here, have already been done before, and there is absolutely nothing interesting or appealing in this film. If you want a terrific action revenge film, you won't find it here. Four Brothers is a film to avoid.
  • fb729949618
    August 1, 2011
    fb729949618
    4 brothers doing whatever it takes to have eachother's backs. It's okay, asi asi.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Really enjoyed this film. Very poignant and Mark Wahlberg was outstanding.
  • stuartb1234
    May 24, 2011
    stuartb1234
    Good film. Lots of violence and some humour too. Decent cast and even Marky mark is not too wooden in this.
  • 3niR
    February 22, 2011
    3niR
    I liked the story and the bonding between those brothers but it gets boring sometimes.
  • Chiefilms
    April 25, 2010
    Chiefilms
    I watched this on TV so I probably saw a completely different movie. Not bad, over the top, acting so so. Mark Wahlberg plays the tough guy, Andre 3000 really forcing the acting career, I don't know what Tyrese is up to, and the antagonist is pretty much Denzel Washington's cha... read moreracter in Training Day.
  • allan913
    February 18, 2010
    allan913
    Spectacular action entertainment. A powerful film. A great movie. Fast-paced, thrilling, frequently funny, gripping and emotional. It's pulse-pounding, compelling and electrifying. The chemistry of the four actors is terrific. Mark Wahlberg, Tyreese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and Gar... read moreret Hedlund all turn in powerhouse performances right from the heart. A total knockout. It's a hard hitting action-packed thriller. It's raw emotion, riveting drama, wicked humor and explosive action put into one great film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Director, John Singleton's best film since Boy's 'N the Hood. A full-throttle adrenaline-rush.
  • ythelastman89
    January 7, 2010
    ythelastman89
    Not a great movie, but it was extremely entertaining and chalk full of action. The cast worked well together and you could definitely see the bond between them. It was a little predictable and sappy, but still had a lot to like. John Singleton has definitely improved his style ov... read moreer the last few years and it was nice to see that.
  • garyX
    November 5, 2009
    garyX
    A saintly old lady is executed during a liquor store hold up and her four foster sons reunite to hunt down her killers. Four Brothers is exactly the kind of braindead action thriller that holds extreme violence up as the answer to all of life's problems as we follow Marky Mark an... read mored co on their rampage through the streets of Detroit using nothing but their wits. And thuggery, torture and huge quantities of lead, of course. There is no character development, little meaningful dialogue and the testosterone fuelled mix of male bonding and dodgy sentimentality (the thanksgiving scene is one of the most cringeworthy things I have ever seen) belies quite a staggering lack of subtlety or sophistication, even by Hollywood action movie standards. Singleton throws in enough well handled action scenes to stave of boredom, but in the end it's just another meat-headed American Idiot pleaser.

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Michael Atkinson
August 16, 2005
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Unremarkably schizophrenic -- half gritty sojourn into the inner-city furnace, half Hollywood brain death. Full Review

Richard Roeper
August 15, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Four Brothers is a violent, macho story with a perfect feel for the dynamics between four tough guys who will do anything for each other. Full Review

Roger Moore
August 12, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

As long as the action snaps and the violence feels (somewhat) righteous, there'll always be a place for movies such as Four Brothers -- on rainy Saturdays, on TNT. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
August 12, 2005
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

If Four Brothers spent half as much energy making us feel something for its heroes as it spent making us feel nothing for their victims, it would be a far better, and far more engaging, film. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
August 12, 2005
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Loud, stupid, unrealistic, overdone, without a thought in its ugly little head and kind of enjoyable. Full Review

Mike Clark
August 12, 2005
Mike Clark, USA Today

The sometimes absurd Brothers works only on a larger-than-life level. But on that level, the zest is back. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
August 12, 2005
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

Most distressing, however, isn't the movie's high tide of bogus gangsta posturing, but its genuinely idiotic and irresponsible glorification of precisely the attitudes that Boyz n the Hood once depict... Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
August 12, 2005
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

A solidly built, yet forgettable revenge action movie that is notable mostly for its outstanding young cast. Full Review

Peter Travers
August 12, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

What holds us are the actors, including Terrence Howard as a cop who grew up with the brothers.

Carrie Rickey
August 12, 2005
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

Easily the best 1975 B-movie made in 2005, Four Brothers is a raucously entertaining vigilante film.

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    • Victor Sweet: You don't pay a ho to fuck you. You pay her to leave.
    • Bobby Mercer: What about me, Green? You gonna arrest me too?
    • Lt. Green: That depends, Bobby. You keeping strait?
    • Bobby Mercer: Strait-ish.
    • Jeremiah Mercer: Evelyn was in this city for a long time. She saw a lot that was terrible, but she stayed hopeful. She still believed that things were getting better, sometimes despite all evidence. And that's a hard thing to do, stay hopeful. Even when you can't find a reason.
    • Bobby Mercer: I'm a freakin' college professor, Jack, what do you think I've been doing.
    • Lt. Green: You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.
    • Bobby Mercer: [imitating a teenage girl] The popos is here! Ya'll better run, man, these white cops are crazy! They killed Cornbread! They killed him - he didn't do nothin'!
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