Four Brothers

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Four Brothers ★½ 2005 (R)

Urban remake of “The Sons of Katie Elder.” Ma Mercer (Flanagan) is gunned down in a Detroit market hold-up, which brings her four adopted sons, two white and two black, to reunite and avenge her not-so-accidental death, leading to an elaborate conspiracy implicating the upper echelons of Motor City politics. For all its action scenes, violence and verbal ugliness, the final result is disappointing. 109m/C DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD, HD DVD . US Mark Wahlberg, Andre Benjamin, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund, Josh Charles, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Fionnula Flanagan, Terrence Howard, Sofia Vergara, Taraji P. Henson, Barry (Shabaka) Henley, Kenneth Welsh; D: John Singleton; W: David Elliot, Paul Lovett; C: Peter Menzies Jr.