Four Brothers

Name: Four Brothers
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 12, 2005
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson

2005

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 12, 2005 | R

Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson

Summary: After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store holdup, the Mercer brothers -- hotheaded Bobby (Wahlberg), hard-edged Angel (Gibson), family man and businessman Jeremiah (Benjamin) and hard rocking Jack (Hedlund) -- reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, the four brothersAfter their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store holdup, the Mercer brothers -- hotheaded Bobby (Wahlberg), hard-edged Angel (Gibson), family man and businessman Jeremiah (Benjamin) and hard rocking Jack (Hedlund) -- reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, the four brothers come together to discover that they are bound by ties thicker than blood. (Paramount Pictures)… Expand

Director: John Singleton

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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Roger Ebert

Four Brothers works as an urban thriller, if not precisely as a model of logic. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Gripping: Even when it wobbles off-track, it has some juice to it. Read full review

Joe Leydon

With equal measures of rock-the-house vigor and in-your-face attitude, Four Brothers proves usually potent and consistently enjoyable as an old school approach to what might best be described as the urban-Western genre of slam-bang, balls-out action-revenger. Read full review

William Arnold

The casting is hit-and-miss. OutKast's Benjamin and "Troy's" Hedlund are weak, but Gibson is very appealing and the movie powers along on a strong lead performance by Wahlberg, who has never seemed more confident, commanding or scruffily charismatic. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

For all its well-drawn lines between good and evil, Four Brothers is ultimately passive entertainment. Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

More action directors should include scenes such as the Mercers' extended Thanksgiving dinner, which fleshes out the bond between the brothers without using too many words. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Four Brothers? Ringling Brothers is more like it, because John Singleton's latest stinks like something the elephants left behind. It's not clear what the film is trying to do, but it seems safe to guess that it's doing it wrong. Read full review

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jaker

Jan 27, 2008

Action, comedy, and a great story makes this movie stand out.

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JobA.

Aug 22, 2007

I've seen this movie about 30 times,its incredible.The acting by everyone in the movie is outstanding.I put this movie right up there with crash but in a different way cause its a different kind of movie.I advise everyone to watch this movie cause you will love it!

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jakeyoungblood

Mar 2, 2012

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Yeah it may not be the most real movie ever but neither is fast in the furious or transformers. The plot along with some great acting made this movie

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EricD.

Jan 12, 2006

I liked this movie. It's true that some of it is a little farfetched, but I thoroughly enjoyed it anyway.

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DaveK.

Mar 3, 2006

Oh, come one people, this is a stupid movie, but as pure entertainment, which is all is intended to be, it's a whole hell of a lot of fun. Tragic good guys, blacks and whites bonding in a testosterone heavy sinkhole, with a token homo who they love anyway........ what the f.ck more Oh, come one people, this is a stupid movie, but as pure entertainment, which is all is intended to be, it's a whole hell of a lot of fun. Tragic good guys, blacks and whites bonding in a testosterone heavy sinkhole, with a token homo who they love anyway........ what the f.ck more could you ask for in a satisfying really-really bad-bad guys get seriously f@@ked in the finale flick? I loved it.… Expand

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sarat.

Nov 24, 2005

It is good film.

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Josh

Feb 10, 2006

The absolute worst movie of all time. The only explanation is that the actors and directors were drunk and on drugs at the time they made this. Can we request for this film to be permanently erased from human history?

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