By Jonathan Klotz | Published
The long career of Mark Wahlberg in Hollywood is fascinating, including the emblematic Boogie nights, Cult comedy Ted, And more than a few pure and simple 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 the independent films for the superproductions, but before transformers, lies, Four brothersA star revenge thriller of director John Singleton. Wahlberg is at its best when it is part of a whole, which is the secret reason why this neglected film is one of its best.
A murder, four brothers
Wahlberg plays Bobby Mercer, the eldest of the four brothers, who were all raised by Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan) after their own family collapsed. Tyrese Gibson, fresh out with singleton 2 Fast 2 furious, is Angel Mercer, Andre Benjamin (singer of Outkast Andre 3000) plays Jeremiah Mercer, and the youngest, Jack Mercer, is played by Garret Hedlund, long before Tron: inheritance. The brothers come together after Evelyn was shot down, putting them on a revenge path which leads them directly to the boss of local crime, Sweets (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who has most of Detroit on the catch.
Like a normal family, the four brothers discover that when they grew up, they did not have much in common with each other. At first, they can’t even agree on how to avenge their mom. Bobby is a criminal, Angel is a sailor, Jeremiah enjoys quiet life with his family, and Jack is still a child, but they put their differences aside and come together to dismantle the underground criminal of Detroit and eliminate some corrupt cops and politicians along the way.
Four brothers share the spotlight
He obtains the best invoicing, and Bobby appears as a leader, but Mark Wahlberg takes a rear seat in Tyrese Gibson and Andre Benjamin for the stretching of the film, and by sharing the concentration, Four brothers Draws the best game from Wahlberg’s time. Contrary to Shooter And Max PayneHis scratch has no time to age. A little Markky Mark goes very far.
Even the support cast is filled with familiar faces, including Terrence Howard, a pre-Modern family Sofia Vergara, Taraji P. Henson, and one of the greatest “guys” in Hollywood, Josh Charles, a name you don’t recognize, but a face and a voice that you will immediately place. Four brothers Draws the best party from each performance, and Singleton manages to ensure that everyone feels important, a feat with which the great successful franchises today are still struggling with.
Four brothers It was not a critical success, and today he was a 53% note on Rotten Tomatoes of criticism. However, those who really count, the general public, give it a much higher brand of 80%.
I know what to say Four brothers is one of the best of Mark Wahlberg because he does not put it before and in the center may seem like a compliment in reverse, but here, here The deceased,, Pain and Gain,, The perfect storm, Italian workand even Boogie nights are all the same way. Colin Farrell discovered that he was not supposed to be a traditional leading man, and once he adopted the right roles for him, the prices and praise of criticism quickly followed. There is still hope for Wahlberg.
Four brothers is now streaming on Paramount +.
