Mark Wahlberg Dial Thriller on Paramount+ secretly one of his best movies

By Jonathan Klotz
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Mark Wahlberg’s long career in Hollywood is fascinating, including the iconic Boogie nights, The comedy cult Ted, and more than a few complete bombs that would have destroyed the career of any other star, looking at you, Max Payne. Buried in the middle of his career, after leaving indie movies for block blocks, but before transformers, lies Four brothersStarred revenge thriller film by director John Singleton. Wahlberg is at its best when it is part of an ensemble, which is the secret reason for which the film that is ignored is one of its best.

One murder, four brothers

Wahlberg plays the role of Bobby Mercer, the eldest of the four brothers, all of which were raised by Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan) after their own families fell apart. Tyrese Gibson, fresh working with Singleton on 2 quickly 2 in furious, Does Angel Mercer, Andre Benjamin (the Outkast Singer Andre 3000) play the role of Jeremiah Mercer, and the youngest, Jack Mercer, is played by Garret Hedlund, far ahead TRON: Legacy. The brothers reunite after Evelyn is sewn down, putting them on a path to revenge that leads them directly to the local crime boss, Losin (Ejiofor Chiwetel), which happens to have most detroit in taking.

As a normal family, the four brothers discover that as they grew up, they had little common with each other. At first, they can’t even agree on how to avenge their mother. Bobby is criminal, an angel is marine, Jeremiah enjoys the quiet life with his family, and Jack is still a child, but they put their differences aside and come together to dismantle an underground offender from Detroit and take a few copies and corrupt politicians down along the way.

Four brothers share the magnifying glass

He gets the best bills, and Bobby emerges as a leader, but Mark Wahlberg takes a back seat for Tyrese Gibson and Andre Benjamin for pieces of the film, and by sharing the focus, Four brothers Makes the most of Wahlberg screening time. Differently Shooter and Max PayneHis schtick has no time to get older. A little Marky Mark goes a long way.

Even the auxiliary cast is stuffed with familiar faces, including Terrence Howard, ex-Modern family Sofia VergaraTaraji P. Henson, and one of the largest “Guy’s” in Hollywood, Josh Charles, a name you do not acknowledge, but a face and voice that you will set immediately. Four brothers Making the best of every performance, and Singleton manages to make everyone feel important, a feat that big franchises today still struggle with.

Four brothers It wasn’t very popular, and today it sports a score of 53 percent on it Rotten tomatoes of judges. However, those that really matters, the general audience, give it a significantly higher mark of 80 percent.

I know the saying that Four brothers is one of Mark Wahlberg’s best because he doesn’t put it ahead and the middle may seem like a back -hand compliment, but here, The deceased. Pain and gain. The perfect storm, The Italian postand even Boogie nights all the same way. Colin Farrell discovered that he was not supposed to be a traditional leading man, and once he embraced the right roles for him, he soon followed the awards and critical acclaim. There is again hope for Wahlberg.

Four brothers Now streaming on paramount+.