Release Year: 2005 Rating: R Duration: 109 minutes Other Title: Untitled Mark Wahlberg Project Director: John Singleton Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Richard Kidney, Ric Kidney Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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.
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Mark Wahlberg as Bobby Mercer
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Bobby: Jack, it was a questionable kill.
Jack: What makes you think that?
Bobby: [sarcastically] What's that? Growing up without a father, nobody taught you anything did they? I should have stayed around longer and held your little hand, huh sweetheart?
[pause]
Bobby: Look sometimes pros will cover up their shots with another crime, like a burglary or something, then pay a witness to throw the cops onto the wrong suspect, do you understand?
Jack: Why would anyone wanna kill the sweetest woman in the world?
Bobby: I don't know Jackie, I don't know.
FOUR BROTHERS is an unusual and uneven mix of genres that is both intriguing and rewarding. Sometimes the film, directed by John Singleton (SHAFT and ROSEWOOD), is a gritty crime drama that feels like a colorized version of a black-and-white movie from the 1950s. At other times, it is a crime comedy or a family drama.