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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097363440741
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: PARD344074D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 20, 2005
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 12, 2005

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
A gritty urban tale about four adopted brothers from delinquent backgrounds bound by their love of the mom who adopted & raised them. After she is brutally murdered the brothers reunite to avenge her death. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Mark Wahlberg Andre Benjamin Run time: 108 minutes Rating: R

Amazon.com:
Bound by love for their slain adoptive mother, the brothers in Four Brothers form a unique quartet that gives John Singleton's film a razor's edge of redemption. It's a thin edge, to be sure, because while Singleton's urban Western pays homage to the Blaxpoitation films of the '70s (as he did with his remake of Shaft), it walks a fine line of credibility with a mythic vengeance plot (recalling John Wayne's 1965 hit The Sons of Katie Elder) that endorses violence as the last resort of a family under siege. When a saintly foster mother (Fionnula Flanagan) is gunned down in a convenience store, her only adopted sons (two white, two black, played respectively by Mark Wahlberg, Garrett Hedlund, Tyrese Gibson and Andre Benjamin) go after the killers, only to discover that their mother's death was not a random event. As they uncover a sticky web of criminal activity involving a local kingpin (Chiwitel Ejiofor), the character-driven plot races toward an inevitable showdown, with ex-con Wahlberg leading the way. Making excellent use of blue collar locations in Detroit, Singleton keeps the action moving fast enough that the film's lack of realism is easily ignored, and the well-drawn characters (including Terrence Howard as a tenacious detective) lend emotional dimension to an otherwise familiar revenge scenario. Four Brothers is manipulative, but it's filled with grace notes of rugged working-class humanity, and it definitely holds your attention. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

A slick, urban revenge thriller that takes a little time to establish characters and is all the better for it, Four Brothers makes good use of Chiwetel Ejifor as a villain and Detroit as a setting; if you like a little light comedy alongside stellar car chases and shootouts, this is the movie for you.

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Rating: - A Classic Western Updated
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John Singleton directed this very well done action drama that plays like a modern day version of the old John Wayne movie, THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER.

When their adopted mother is shot down, ostensibly by two gang members, in a convenience store robbery, her four sons return to their Detroit home to attend her funeral and to also see that the killers ... Read More

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Rating: - Not Nearly as Bad as Everyone Says...
Okay, so Four Brothers might not teach the smartest ideals about avenging someone's death. Not to mention these guys never get locked up for their deeds. But that's missing the point.
The movie is a mediation on choosing one path over the other. I don't care how well the brothers were brought up, but they are still street kids, with a penchant for violence and they would rightfully want to avenge their mother's death in the only way they know how. This is illustrated with the wonderful talent of ... Read More

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Rating: - falls short on credibility
The premise of this film is good: four adoptive bothers meet to unravel and then seek revenge for a seemingly meaningless killing in a rough urban scene. The actors are also very good, starting with Wahlberg, who carries an entire environment in the roles he chooses. Unfortunately, as the story unfolds, I felt that it became almost comicbook-like in the way that it cut corners: there is rampaging violence with little consequence, like even taking suspects into the police station for questioning (except ... Read More

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Rating: - Not bad!
Average shoot-em up but fun to watch. Acting could have been better.

The delivery of High Def via Blu-ray was excellent!

Amazon's delivery of this product was excellent!

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