Four Brothers (Special Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: John Singleton
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund, Andre Benjamin, Terrence Howard
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 5963
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D344074D
UPC: 097363440741
EAN: 0097363440741
ASIN: B000BDH6BC
Theatrical Release Date: August 12, 2005
Release Date: December 20, 2005
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Product Description
A GRITTY URBAN TALE ABOUT FOUR ADOPTED BROTHERS FROM DELINQUENT BACKGROUNDS, BOUND BY THEIR LOVE OF THE MOM WHO ADOPTED & RAISED THEM. AFTER SHE IS BRUTALLY MURDERED, THE BROTHERS REUNITE TO AVENGE HER DEATH.
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Bound by love for their slain adoptive mother, the brothers in Four Brothers form a unique quartet that gives John Singleton's film a razor's edge of redemption. It's a thin edge, to be sure, because while Singleton's urban Western pays homage to the Blaxpoitation films of the '70s (as he did with his remake of Shaft), it walks a fine line of credibility with a mythic vengeance plot (recalling John Wayne's 1965 hit The Sons of Katie Elder) that endorses violence as the last resort of a family under siege. When a saintly foster mother (Fionnula Flanagan) is gunned down in a convenience store, her only adopted sons (two white, two black, played respectively by Mark Wahlberg, Garrett Hedlund, Tyrese Gibson and Andre Benjamin) go after the killers, only to discover that their mother's death was not a random event. As they uncover a sticky web of criminal activity involving a local kingpin (Chiwitel Ejiofor), the character-driven plot races toward an inevitable showdown, with ex-con Wahlberg leading the way. Making excellent use of blue collar locations in Detroit, Singleton keeps the action moving fast enough that the film's lack of realism is easily ignored, and the well-drawn characters (including Terrence Howard as a tenacious detective) lend emotional dimension to an otherwise familiar revenge scenario. Four Brothers is manipulative, but it's filled with grace notes of rugged working-class humanity, and it definitely holds your attention. --Jeff Shannon
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 One for All and All for One February 13, 2009
Galina (Virginia, USA)
They have returned back home to gloomy freezing cold at winter Detroit for their mother's funeral. She was shot in what seemed a random robbery-gone-wrong in a convenient store. There were four brothers even though they did not resemble each other a bit. All four were adopted by a murdered woman many years ago when she was a social worker and tried to find new homes for the children from dysfunctional families. Nobody wanted those four. She did. She took them in, brought them up, gave them love and support and they called her mom and themselves - brothers. Now she is dead, and the brothers start their own investigation on the dirty and often deadly streets of their childhood city to find those who were behind the murder. Very soon they discover that the robbery was a cover up for a hit murder. Someone wanted their mother dead and paid for her murder. Four brothers Mercer, Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), the leader, the oldest, toughest, short- tempered, and stubborn; Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin), the only family man of four who had taken care of the mother the last years; Angel (Tyres Gibson), the sexy one, and Jack (Garrett Hedlund), the youngest, whom three older brothers try to protect, are determined to avenge their mother's death no matter what it would cost. The film was directed by John Singleton as an urban thriller -revenge movie which is also a family drama, and I like it very much. It is violent, gritty, it moves well, it's got many plot turns on its way, it is packed with very effective dynamic action scenes, and acting is very good by all principal players. I was especially impressed by Chiwetel Ejiofor's turn as Victor Sweet, the pure evil despite his name. Ejifor said once, "I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed". The actor whom I first noticed in a compelling role of an illegal immigrant in London in the film Dirty Pretty Things (2002), was frightening in Four Brothers. I am also becoming a fan of Mark Wahlberg. He's got charisma and screen presence. The film does not fail to provide some humor, to show how much the four brothers mean to one another, and what the woman whom they lost meant to them. I missed the movie when it was released and actually did not know anything about it until this evening when its opening scene grabbed my attention; I began watching and did not leave until the credits started rolling.
A bit of trivia: John Singleton is the youngest Oscar nominated director. He received the honors at the age of 24 after completing and releasing his directorial debut, the phenomenal Boyz n the Hood (1991) which was based on his own childhood in a LA ghetto. Where do you move if you start your career on such high note? Four Brothers may not be as great as Boyz n the Hood but it is a darn good and entertaining film.
 My Favorite movie yet! February 5, 2009
Jaclyn (Pa)
I love this movie! It's packed with so much action, drama, and hot boys. :)
four brothers February 5, 2009
p's girl (somewhere, pa)
This was an awesome movie! It had greatmusic and the cast did a great job portraying adoptive brothers avenging their mother's murder. Highly recommend this movie.
3.5 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
A slick, urban revenge thriller that takes a little time to establish characters and is all the better for it, Four Brothers makes good use of Chiwetel Ejifor as a villain and Detroit as a setting; if you like a little light comedy alongside stellar car chases and shootouts, this is the movie for you.
A Modern Day Version of an Old John Wayne Movie October 10, 2008
Michael B. Druxman (Austin, TX)
John Singleton directed this very well done action drama that plays like a modern day version of the old John Wayne western, THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER.
When their adopted mother is shot down, ostensibly by two gang members in a convenience store robbery, her four sons return to their Detroit home to attend her funeral and to also see that the killers are brought to justice.
None of these men (Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund) would qualify as "citizen of the year," and, in fact, some of them have had their own problems with the law.
It doesn't take long for the brothers to discover that Mom was not the victim of a simple hold-up, but was the target of a assassination plot. Now, the quartet has to discover who put out the "contract," and for what reason. Their heavy-handed investigation turns up the name of a local drug lord, and also exposes some police corruption.
There are some terrific action sequences in this film, particularly a fantastic shootout at the mother's home that leaves a street filled with dead bodies.
Terrence Howard co-stars as an honest cop.
DVD extras include director commentary, deleted scenes and several "Making of" featurettes. One of them shows how the aforementioned shootout was staged.
Michael B. Druxman
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