Four Brothers (DVD)

Last night, I was flicking through channels just before going to bed when I spotted this was on. I had wanted to watch it for a while, but never managed to catch it on TV or DVD. I was a bit tired last night, but thought I'd watch the first few minutes and maybe try and catch it at a later date. A couple of hours later, as the credits rolled, I went to bed, having watched a thoroughly entertaining film. There's nothing really special about the plot, and the twists are transparent, but it does the basics well, and its four main actors work very well together. The film is about four brothers who reunite to mourn the death of their adoptive mother in ...  Read the complete review

Sometimes I feel like a martyr for some of the opinions I’ve written on this site. I’ve sat through a lot of dross so you don’t have to and it’s nice that people appreciate it, leaving comments that they won’t bother with the film after reading my opinion. Now today I bring yet another title for you to avoid like bird flu. In 1991, John Singleton came onto the film scene with Boyz ‘N’ The Hood. The hard-hitting tale of life in the ghetto earned him an Oscar nomination at just 24 years old. Since then he’s made nothing to even come close to that film, recently he’s turned his hand to the Shaft remake and the sequel to The Fast & The Furious. Four Brothers ...  Read the complete review

Four Brothers is one of the best films to come out of 2005. It looks at revenge, bonding of brothers, corruption, gangs and so much more. The violent scenes in this are not overdone; they are all essential to the story and the development of the characters for the viewer. Even the Mercer House Shootout (more later) is done in a way that every single shot fired is fired for a reason and not just to put another gun shot in the movie. THE STORY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The film starts with an elderly woman in a corner shop telling a young boy off for shop lifting a candy bar. She is trying to educate him to stop thieving and build a better life for himself. You ...  Read the complete review

From the director that brought us ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’, ‘Shaft’ and ‘Boyz n the hood’, Four Brothers is the story of four brothers (unsurprisingly) out to avenge their mother’s death. Released in 2005 this film promises action, revenge and surprisingly plenty of humour. *** My Opinion On *** Here you will find my opinion on everything from the way the movie was filmed to how action packed it was and the enjoyability of the film compared to John Singleton’s previous works. Hopefully this will give you the best idea of what the film was like! 1) The Story I thought the story was quite good in this, a little simple maybe but still a ...  Read the complete review

Four Brothers is an excellent gritty film that I watched on Film 4 a couple of nights ago, it has a strong cast and a pretty good story line that focuses on family relationships and the quest for revenge. The four brothers in the title are all adopted and are bought back together to the city of Detroit one winters day for the funeral of their foster mother who provided them with a loving home and precious childhood memories in a rough working class area. The mother has been killed in a convenience store robbery while she was shopping for groceries and the thre of the brothers vow to get revenge despite the close attention of the local police to whome they are ...  Read the complete review