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By Jonathan Klotz | Published
Mark Wahlberg’s long career in Hollywood is fascinating, including the iconic Boogie Nights, The success comedy of worship Ted, And more than a few direct bombs that would have destroyed the career of any other star, looking at you, Max Payne. Buried in the middle of his career, after leaving independent movies for box office successes, but before Transformers, he lies Four brothersA revenge thriller full of stars by director John Singleton. Wahlberg is at its best when it is part of a set, which is the secret reason why this last film is one of the best.
A murder, four brothers
Wahlberg plays Bobby Mercer, the oldest of the four brothers, all of which were raised by Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan) after their own families crumbled. Tyrese Gibson, just out working with Singleton in 2 fasting 2 furious, It’s Angel Mercer, Andre Benjamin (outkast singer Andre 3000) Toca Jeremiah Mercer, and the youngest, Jack Mercer, is played by Garret Hedlund, much earlier Tron: Legacy. The brothers gather after Evelyn is shot dead, putting them on a path of revenge that takes them directly to the head of local crime, Sweets (Chiwetel Ejiofor), which has most of Detroit in the shot.
As a normal family, the four brothers discover that as they grew up, they did not have much in common. At first, they cannot even agree on how to avenge their mother. Bobby is a criminal, the angel is a Marine, Jeremiah enjoys quiet life with his family, and Jack is still a child, but they leave aside their differences and join to dismantle Detroit’s criminal climate and knock down some corrupt police and politicians along the way.
Four brothers share the Care Center
He gets the best billing, and Bobby emerges as a leader, but Mark Wahlberg is in the background to Tyrese Gibson and Andre Benjamin for the sections of the film, and by sharing the approach, Four brothers Take advantage of Wahlberg’s screen time. Unlike Shooter and Max PayneHis Schtick does not have time to age. A little Marky Mark is very useful.
Even the support cast is full of family faces, including Terrence Howard, a pre-Modern family Sofia Vergara, Taraji P. Henson and one of the best “that guy” in Hollywood, Josh Charles, a name that you do not recognize, but a face and a voice that you will put immediately. Four brothers It takes the most of each performance, and Singleton manages to make everyone feel important, a feat with which the great great success franchises are still fighting.
Four brothers It was not a critical success, and today it has a 53 percent rating in critics tomatoes. However, those that really matter, the general audience, give a significantly greater than 80 percent.
I know what to say Four brothers It is one of the best of Mark Wahlberg because it does not put it in front and the center may seem a compliance with a coating, but here, The deceased, Pain and Gain, The perfect storm, Italian workAnd even Boogie nights They are all the same. Colin Farrell discovered that he was not destined to be a traditional protagonist, and once he embraced the right roles for him, the awards and critical acclamation soon followed. There is still hope for Wahlberg.
Four brothers Now it is transmitting in Paramount+.
