Four Brothers

John Singleton gave us Boyz n the Hood in the early 90s, and it was just so good and real that his career should've been gold, but it wasn't. Shaft, Baby Boy and 2 Fast 2 Furious sucked in very different levels, but overall they were not good. Now he brings us Marky Mark, Tyrese, Andre 3000 and a white kid that is sure to be the first character to die in Four Brothers, also featuring the raising star that is Terrence Howard.

The movie opens with a robbery of a grocery store in Detroit. The store clerk gets killed, and a sweet old lady that was there is killed too. The title characters are the sons of the old lady in question and so they come back to the city for her funeral, and soon find out that it wasn't an accident that their mom was killed. They also know that the cops won't be any help, so they take it into their own hands to avenge their mother's death.
In case you didn't realize yet, Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund are white, and Tyrese and Andre Benjamin are black, but yes they are brothers, as they were adopted by Evelyn Mercer (played by Fionnula Flanagan) when they were kids. She used to run a foster home, but these 4 kids were very problematic, and so nobody ever took them, so she did. Still, they grew up to be very tough and near criminals, but not as bad as they would've been without her.

When they start investigating their mom's death, they find out that one of them may have been involved in it, as well as the mob led by Chiwetel Ejiofor's super badass Victor Sweet. They don't care who they are facing though, they just want to kill them, and they do.
Eliofor is terrific in the role. A real motherfucker who everybody is afraid of, and the littlest mistake can get you eating food from the floor, and killed of course.
Bobby Mercer is the coolest and toughest guy and he's not afraid of anybody, and Wahlberg pulls it off perfectly with great charisma and leadership. He never gets any respect but he's a great actor and definitely the best here.
Tyrese is Angel, the joker of the group and also the ladies man. Sofia Vergara plays his love interest but she's very annoying most of the time, and thumbs down to her for not even showing her breasts.
Garrett Hedlund, who was previously seen last year in Troy and Friday Night Lights, the younger brother who they all protect. His Jack Mercer gets little to do compared with his brothers but he does his part very well.
Finally Andre Benjamin from Outkast plays Jeremiah, the older and wiser brother. He's the voice of reason in the group, mostly because he has a family of his own to protect and he can't be running around killing people like his siblings. After a small role in Be Cool early this year, this is Andre's first showings of an acting range, and he delivers.
Terrence Howard plays the good cop in the movie. The part is very small and he's good in it.

John Singleton gives us very great and real looking gunfights, with lots of bullets and blood and it's great. There's also a very cool chase scene in the middle of the night on a snowy road that is very well done. And the playful relationships between the brothers is played off great here. Singleton also pulled it off in 2 Fast 2 Furious between Tyrese and Paul Walker.
Four Brothers is not a big movie and is not a classic or anything like that, but is very cool and definitely a good movie.