Mark Wahlberg need I say more? Okay well, for those who don’t have a soft spot for Marky Mark I guess I should say a bit about the movie. Inevitably to be contrasted with John Singleton’s sharp-edged Boyz N the Hood, this new Singleton movie is entertaining without being too deep and as a result does not deliver the powerful message about “hood” life that Boyz N the Hood did. It does try though.

Four Brothers takes four men (two white two black) who, brought up as brothers by a gold-hearted foster mum, return to their small town for her funeral and to try and solve the mystery around her apparently cold-hearted murder. The cops aren’t doing enough in their view so they set about chasing down their own leads. This results in a LOT of people dying and/or getting hurt before the curtains come down.

Visually, the movie is beautifully shot and filled with a number of good action sequences so even though the story stumbles with logic at times, there is enough to keep you entertained and you may forgive these lapses.

In the end it is wrapped up in a nice Hollywood conclusion and I don’t think it gives away too much if I say that the “good” guys win in the end.