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Four Brothers (film)

April 27, 2024

Four Brothers is a 2005 American action film[3] directed by John Singleton. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund as four adopted brothers who set out to avenge the murder of their adoptive mother. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and the Greater Toronto Area.[4] It has been described as blaxploitation-influenced.[5][6] Released on August 12, 2005, the film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $92 million worldwide.

Four Brothers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Singleton
Written by
  • David Elliot
  • Paul Lovett
Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited by
  • Billy Fox
  • Bruce Cannon
Music byDavid Arnold
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2]
Box office$92.5 million[2]

Plot edit

An elderly woman, Evelyn Mercer, is murdered at a convenience store in Highland Park, Michigan when a robbery occurs that results in the death of the store clerk and Evelyn who was the sole witness. The incident brings her four adopted sons back home to Detroit, Michigan to find out what happened. The oldest is a lifelong criminal, hot-tempered Bobby; the second oldest is family man and Union construction worker Jeremiah; the third oldest is an ex-hustler and former US Marine, Angel; and the youngest is aspiring rock musician Jack.

Originally under the impression the crime was a simple robbery gone wrong, the brothers chase down and interrogate a false witness to the police, after which the brothers discover that the robbery was a cover for a hit put out on Evelyn. The brothers track down the pair of hired guns who shot and killed Evelyn, and after they refuse to give up any information, the two hitmen are executed by the enraged Bobby and Angel. The next day, the brothers' friend turned Detroit Police Lieutenant Green and his partner Detective Fowler confront the brothers about the murders. While the brothers deny involvement, Lieutenant Green warns them that their interference with Evelyn's case is ill-advised and that it will put them in over their heads.

After confronting Jeremiah about the revelation of his failing business and benefiting from Evelyn's life insurance, Jeremiah informs his brothers that his construction company was failing precisely because he was not getting involved with gang lord Victor Sweet and that for a project to succeed he had to pay off the right people, which he initially failed to do. In his effort to restore his business and relieve pressure on himself, he tried to pay off Sweet's henchmen. As for the life insurance, Jeremiah explains that the money went directly to him for his daughters, because he paid all of Evelyn's bills while the other brothers were not around. Sweet's men attack the brothers; Jack is shot during the attack and subsequent gunfight, and dies shortly after. Bobby and Angel manage to fend off and kill the gunmen. Bobby finds one of the gunmen still alive and questions him about who sent them, confirming it was Sweet, killing him afterwards.

Lieutenant Green arrives and informs them that Evelyn filed a police report regarding Victor Sweet and his involvement in Jeremiah's affairs, and Fowler passed that report on to Sweet. Green warns them to stay out of the matter and let him handle Fowler, and then promises to work together on Sweet. Later at a bar, Green asks Fowler about Evelyn and realizes that Fowler is a crooked cop. After they walk out of the bar, fearing that Green will arrest him, Fowler kills Green and calls into dispatch claiming two black assailants had fired upon Green.

The remaining brothers devise a plan to buy Victor Sweet off with the $400,000 from their mother's life insurance. Arriving at Fowler's, Angel subdues him. Jeremiah goes to meet Sweet while Angel's girlfriend, Sofi, heads to the police station, where she tells them that Angel is planning to kill a police officer. Hearing the sirens in the distance, Fowler believes they are coming for Angel, until Angel opens his jacket revealing a wire. Angel claims the whole conversation was taped, including Fowler's admission that he killed Green. The police arrive at Fowler's in full force, at which point Fowler gets the upper hand on Angel. With his gun pointed at Angel's head Fowler tells the officers outside to back off, and is killed in the ensuing firefight.

Meanwhile, at frozen-over Lake St. Clair, Jeremiah meets with Sweet, who reveals that he intends to kill him. Then Jeremiah reveals that the $400,000 is to pay off Sweet's henchmen, who are already embittered towards him because of his blatant mistreatment of them, in exchange for killing Sweet. Sweet angrily demands to know who will be the one brave enough to kill him just as Bobby shows up. Bobby and Sweet brawl, during which Bobby uses his hockey skills to get the upper hand, knocking Sweet unconscious. His former henchmen seal his fate, dropping him into a hole carved in the ice.

The three brothers, taken into police custody, are beaten in an attempt to make them confess to the murder of Sweet but give up nothing. Back home, they set about repairing their mother's house and continuing their lives together.

Cast edit

Music edit

The music for the film includes, in a repeating refrain, the song "I Wish It Would Rain", written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and performed by The Temptations, courtesy of Motown Records.

Other music includes the following:

Release edit

Four Brothers was released in the United States on August 12, 2005.

Reception edit

Box office edit

Four Brothers grossed $74.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $18 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $92.5 million, against a budget of $30 million.[2]

It made $21.2 million on its first weekend, topping the box office.[7]

Critical response edit

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 52% based on 133 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Despite striking a believable rapport among its principal actors, Four Brothers overwhelms with ultra-violent, vigilante-glorifying action and devolves into too many fractured, insubstantial thematic directions."[8] At Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[10]

Sequel edit

An article written in 2010 suggested that Paramount Pictures was developing a sequel for the film, with Mark Wahlberg returning to reprise his role. It would be written by David Elliot and Paul Lovett.[11]

In a 2020 post on his Instagram page, Tyrese Gibson claimed a script for a sequel, Five Brothers, is in the works.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Four Brothers (2005)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Four Brothers (2005) - Financial Information". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Four Brothers". British Board of Film Classification.
  4. ^ Adam Graham (11 January 2017). "Mark Wahlberg talks Detroit, Gilbert and 'Patriots Day'". The Detroit News. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ^ Christopher Borrelli (12 August 2005). "Movie review: Four Brothers ***". The Blade. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ Michael Hastings (17 August 2005). "Four Brothers". Metro Times. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. ^ "The Numbers - Weekend Box Office Chart for August 12, 2005".
  8. ^ "Four Brothers (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Four Brothers Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  10. ^ "Find CinemaScore" (Type "Four Brothers" in the search box). CinemaScore. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  11. ^ Borys Kit , AP (13 January 2010). "Paramount eyeing 'Four Brothers' sequel". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links edit

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Four Brothers is a 2005 American action film 3 directed by John Singleton The film stars Mark Wahlberg Tyrese Gibson Andre Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund as four adopted brothers who set out to avenge the murder of their adoptive mother The film was shot in Detroit Michigan and the Greater Toronto Area 4 It has been described as blaxploitation influenced 5 6 Released on August 12 2005 the film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed 92 million worldwide Four BrothersTheatrical release posterDirected byJohn SingletonWritten byDavid Elliot Paul LovettProduced byLorenzo di BonaventuraStarringMark Wahlberg Tyrese Gibson Andre Benjamin Garrett Hedlund Terrence Howard Josh Charles Chiwetel EjioforCinematographyPeter Menzies Jr Edited byBilly Fox Bruce CannonMusic byDavid ArnoldProductioncompanyDi Bonaventura Pictures 1 Distributed byParamount Pictures 1 Release dateAugust 12 2005 2005 08 12 Running time109 minutes 1 CountryUnited States 1 LanguageEnglishBudget 30 million 2 Box office 92 5 million 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Music 4 Release 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical response 6 Sequel 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksPlot editAn elderly woman Evelyn Mercer is murdered at a convenience store in Highland Park Michigan when a robbery occurs that results in the death of the store clerk and Evelyn who was the sole witness The incident brings her four adopted sons back home to Detroit Michigan to find out what happened The oldest is a lifelong criminal hot tempered Bobby the second oldest is family man and Union construction worker Jeremiah the third oldest is an ex hustler and former US Marine Angel and the youngest is aspiring rock musician Jack Originally under the impression the crime was a simple robbery gone wrong the brothers chase down and interrogate a false witness to the police after which the brothers discover that the robbery was a cover for a hit put out on Evelyn The brothers track down the pair of hired guns who shot and killed Evelyn and after they refuse to give up any information the two hitmen are executed by the enraged Bobby and Angel The next day the brothers friend turned Detroit Police Lieutenant Green and his partner Detective Fowler confront the brothers about the murders While the brothers deny involvement Lieutenant Green warns them that their interference with Evelyn s case is ill advised and that it will put them in over their heads After confronting Jeremiah about the revelation of his failing business and benefiting from Evelyn s life insurance Jeremiah informs his brothers that his construction company was failing precisely because he was not getting involved with gang lord Victor Sweet and that for a project to succeed he had to pay off the right people which he initially failed to do In his effort to restore his business and relieve pressure on himself he tried to pay off Sweet s henchmen As for the life insurance Jeremiah explains that the money went directly to him for his daughters because he paid all of Evelyn s bills while the other brothers were not around Sweet s men attack the brothers Jack is shot during the attack and subsequent gunfight and dies shortly after Bobby and Angel manage to fend off and kill the gunmen Bobby finds one of the gunmen still alive and questions him about who sent them confirming it was Sweet killing him afterwards Lieutenant Green arrives and informs them that Evelyn filed a police report regarding Victor Sweet and his involvement in Jeremiah s affairs and Fowler passed that report on to Sweet Green warns them to stay out of the matter and let him handle Fowler and then promises to work together on Sweet Later at a bar Green asks Fowler about Evelyn and realizes that Fowler is a crooked cop After they walk out of the bar fearing that Green will arrest him Fowler kills Green and calls into dispatch claiming two black assailants had fired upon Green The remaining brothers devise a plan to buy Victor Sweet off with the 400 000 from their mother s life insurance Arriving at Fowler s Angel subdues him Jeremiah goes to meet Sweet while Angel s girlfriend Sofi heads to the police station where she tells them that Angel is planning to kill a police officer Hearing the sirens in the distance Fowler believes they are coming for Angel until Angel opens his jacket revealing a wire Angel claims the whole conversation was taped including Fowler s admission that he killed Green The police arrive at Fowler s in full force at which point Fowler gets the upper hand on Angel With his gun pointed at Angel s head Fowler tells the officers outside to back off and is killed in the ensuing firefight Meanwhile at frozen over Lake St Clair Jeremiah meets with Sweet who reveals that he intends to kill him Then Jeremiah reveals that the 400 000 is to pay off Sweet s henchmen who are already embittered towards him because of his blatant mistreatment of them in exchange for killing Sweet Sweet angrily demands to know who will be the one brave enough to kill him just as Bobby shows up Bobby and Sweet brawl during which Bobby uses his hockey skills to get the upper hand knocking Sweet unconscious His former henchmen seal his fate dropping him into a hole carved in the ice The three brothers taken into police custody are beaten in an attempt to make them confess to the murder of Sweet but give up nothing Back home they set about repairing their mother s house and continuing their lives together Cast editMark Wahlberg as Bobby Mercer the oldest of the Mercers and lifelong criminal hot tempered former hockey league player Tyrese Gibson as Angel Mercer Bobby s younger adoptive brother third oldest retired Marine and hustler Andre Benjamin as Jeremiah Mercer Bobby s younger adoptive brother second oldest family man and construction worker Garrett Hedlund as Jack Mercer Bobby s youngest adoptive brother youngest of the four and aspiring rock musician Terrence Howard as Lieutenant Green Josh Charles as Detective Fowler Sofia Vergara as Sofi Angel s girlfriend Chiwetel Ejiofor as Victor Sweet Fionnula Flanagan as Evelyn Mercer the adoptive mother of Bobby Jeremiah Angel amp Jack Taraji P Henson as Camille Mercer Jeremiah s wife Reiya West Downs as Daniela Mercer Jeremiah amp Camille s first daughter Riele West Downs as Amelia Mercer Jeremiah amp Camille s second daughter Kenneth Welsh as Robert Bradford Barry Shabaka Henley as Councilman Douglas Jernard Burks as Evan Lyriq Bent as Damian Adam Beach as Chief Tony Nappo as Charlie an Italian American gangsterMusic editThe music for the film includes in a repeating refrain the song I Wish It Would Rain written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield and performed by The Temptations courtesy of Motown Records Other music includes the following Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye Cloud Nine by The Temptations What U Gon Do by Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz feat Lil Scrappy Dancing Machine by The Jackson Five T Plays It Cool by Marvin Gaye Take A Look Around by The Temptations Shake Me Wake Me When It s Over by The Four Tops Shallow by Porcupine Tree Get Back by Subway to Venus Oh Boy by Eastside Chedda Boyz Plastic Jesus by Ed Rush and George Cromarty Ride Out by Blade Icewood Papa Was a Rollin Stone by The Temptations Inner City Blues Make Me Wanna Holler by Marvin Gaye Got That Fire by Mycale Dum Da Dum by 2Xl Jesus Walks by Kanye West containing a sample of Walk With Me performed by The Arc Choir In The Thick by The Co Stars Motown Flava by Spooky and The Chunk After Dark by The Co Stars Cleo s Apartment by Marvin Gaye Smiling Faces Sometimes by The Undisputed Truth Do It Baby by The Miracles Knucklehead by Grover Washington Jr World s Gonna End by Josh Rifkin Ben Levine Chris Steele and Dave Hemann Brother s Gonna Work It Out by Willie Hutch Fur Elise uncredited written by Ludwig van BeethovenRelease editFour Brothers was released in the United States on August 12 2005 Reception editBox office edit Four Brothers grossed 74 5 million in the United States and Canada and 18 million in other territories for a worldwide total of 92 5 million against a budget of 30 million 2 It made 21 2 million on its first weekend topping the box office 7 Critical response edit On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 52 based on 133 reviews with an average rating of 5 7 10 The site s critics consensus reads Despite striking a believable rapport among its principal actors Four Brothers overwhelms with ultra violent vigilante glorifying action and devolves into too many fractured insubstantial thematic directions 8 At Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 31 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 9 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B on an A to F scale 10 Sequel editAn article written in 2010 suggested that Paramount Pictures was developing a sequel for the film with Mark Wahlberg returning to reprise his role It would be written by David Elliot and Paul Lovett 11 In a 2020 post on his Instagram page Tyrese Gibson claimed a script for a sequel Five Brothers is in the works See also edit nbsp Michigan portal nbsp Film portal The Sons of Katie Elder A 1965 American Western film with a similar premise Big B A Malayalam language film directed by Amal Neerad that was an unofficial remake of this film References edit a b c d Four Brothers 2005 AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved 10 March 2018 a b c Four Brothers 2005 Financial Information Retrieved 17 October 2017 Four Brothers British Board of Film Classification Adam Graham 11 January 2017 Mark Wahlberg talks Detroit Gilbert and Patriots Day The Detroit News Retrieved 10 March 2018 Christopher Borrelli 12 August 2005 Movie review Four Brothers The Blade Retrieved 5 October 2020 Michael Hastings 17 August 2005 Four Brothers Metro Times Retrieved 5 October 2020 The Numbers Weekend Box Office Chart for August 12 2005 Four Brothers 2005 Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 8 May 2020 Four Brothers Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved April 19 2022 Find CinemaScore Type Four Brothers in the search box CinemaScore Retrieved April 19 2022 Borys Kit AP 13 January 2010 Paramount eyeing Four Brothers sequel The Hollywood Reporter External links editFour Brothers at Rotten Tomatoes Four Brothers at IMDb nbsp Four Brothers at Box Office Mojo Four Brothers at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Four Brothers film amp oldid 1210031672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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