Four Brothers

            John Singleton (Baby Boy) is still an amazing director, and can masters both the indie film and the main stream. The scene opens with a gangland robbery and massacre at a quickie mart, complete with Indian clerk, and little old lady victim. The old lady in this case is Mother Mercer, one of the legendary saints of the run down Detroit Projects, responsible for finding homes for over 1000 lost children, including a certain set of infamous boys.

            They are introduced at the funeral: The four brothers who Mercer raised herself, because they were such lost causes. Bobby (Mark Wahlberg, Rockstar) is the hotheaded gunslinger, a thug and hockey enthusiast. Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin, aka Andre 3000 from Outkast) is a former gang member, former union member, and independent businessman. Angel (Tyrese Gibson, 2 Fast, 2 Furious) is a marine, and former hustler, and womanizer. And Jack (Josh Charles), the youngest, a rockstar in the making, and victim of child abuse.

            The Movie goes on to chronicle their search for their mother’s killer, which eventually leads them to a long list of dirty laundry and corruption, which they systematically take down. Or not so systematically. This is another fine Hollywood piece in which the wrong choice becomes the right choice, and the morality of real life is flipped on it’s ear. A 2 in the tradition of Payback, 2 Fast 2Furious, and Kill Bill, this is a fun movie, and well worth watching. Singleton can bring any story to the big screen and make it sparkle.