(Spoilers)Four Brothers

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Summary: The seemingly-random murder of their adoptive mother in a convenience store sends four brothers from Detroit on the path of vengeance when they uncover a tangled criminal web involving a local kingpin. After returning to Detroit for their mother's funeral, four adopted brothers set about avenging their mother's death, though warned not to by childhood friend and investigating officer Lt. Green who admonishes that the police must be allowed to do their job, at the great derision of Bobby Mercer. Originally under the impression the crime was a simple "robbery-gone-wrong", the brothers soon discover that the robbery was merely a cover for what was, in fact, a "hit" put out on their beloved mother. After this revelation, Bobby, Angel, Jeremiah and Jack Mercer track down the hired guns via the alleged "witness", named Damian who was paid by the hitmen. Damian gave up the location of the hitmen after falling and badly injuring his leg. The brothers then approach the contract killers at a bar, which leads to an intense car chase. The assassins are eventually cornered and, refusing to say anything, are unceremoniously executed by Bobby and Angel. The next day, Lt. Green and Detective Fowler confront the brothers about the murder. Fowler, losing his head, claims Bobby's hair was found on the victims—to which Bobby responds is "an old one (trick)"—knowing it was a lie. Lt. Green warns them once again, telling them that their snooping is ill-advised, and that it will eventually put them in over their heads. Later in the week, Angel is informed that Jeremiah is the beneficiary of their mother's $400,000 life insurance policy and that his construction company is nearly bankrupt, facts which he had neglected to mention in any previous conversation. After further investigation by the brothers, Angel believes that Jeremiah's construction projects were shut down by the city after it was discovered he was involved with a mob boss. After presenting this information to Jack and Bobby, Jack and Bobby confront the corrupt city councilman to learn the boss' name, Victor Sweet. Angel, Bobby and Jack's worst fears are realized when they witness Jeremiah paying off one of Sweet's men, Evan, in a bowling alley with their mother's life insurance. After confronting Jeremiah with their concerns, in a rather violent manner, the brothers are treated to a somewhat different version of events. Jeremiah informs them that his construction company was failing precisely because he wasn't getting involved with Victor Sweet, and that for a project to succeed he had to pay off the right people, which he initially failed to do. In his effort to restore his business and relieve pressure from himself, he tried to pay off Sweet's henchman. As for the life insurance, Jeremiah explains that the money went directly to him for his daughters, because he paid all of their mother's bills while his other brothers weren't around. During the confrontation with Jeremiah, someone knocked on the front door. Opening the door, Jack is greeted by a snowball in the face and an epithet degrading his mother's virtue. In anger he proceeds to chase the offender, who suddenly turns around revealing a masked face and fires a bullet into his right chest. Bobby notices Jack's absence, and, rushing to the front door, sees a van arrive which emerges a team of masked gunmen. Bobby quickly shoots dead the masked one who fired at Jack. But before Bobby can reach Jack, the youngest brother is shot an additional four times in the legs. A massive firefight ensues, with Jack stranded, injured and crying for help, in the middle of the street. The Mercer boys manage to subdue their assailants. Unfortunately, the brothers arrive too late and must watch helplessly as Jack dies in their oldest brother's arms. Nearly crippled by rage and grief, Bobby finds one of the gunmen still alive in the van and soon learns that Victor Sweet was behind the surprise attack and their youngest brother's death.
When Lt. Green arrives, he informs them that their mother had a few weeks past filed a major police report regarding Victor Sweet and his involvement in Jeremiah's affairs, and that report was passed on to Victor Sweet, this confirms in the brothers minds the knowledge that Sweet was responsible for their mother's murder. Lt. Green also tells them not to worry, as he assures them it will go down as self-defense. He also tells them that he recently learned Detective Fowler was the rat, who was responsible for taking their mother's report and passing it on to Sweet. Saying that Fowler was his problem alone, Green warns the brothers to stay out and let him handle Fowler and then they will work together on Sweet. After confronting Fowler at a bar, Fowler shoots and kills Green. Truly on their own, the now three brothers devise a plan to buy Victor Sweet off with the $400,000 from their mother's life insurance. The first phase of the plan involved contacting Evan (who was a union friend of Jeremiah), and getting Sweet to agree to accept the money. When Sweet accepts, Angel sets off for Fowler's. Arriving at Fowler's, he places a plastic bag over his head, informing him he has four minutes to live. He then phones Bobby and Jeremiah and tells them he has captured Fowler and Bobby tells Jeremiah to go meet Sweet. While this is occurring, Angel's girlfriend, Sofi, heads to the police station, where she tells the police that her boyfriend is going to kill a cop. The police then head for Fowler's in full force. Before the four minutes runs out, Fowler rips the bag off his head. With a gun pointed to his head, Fowler admits to Angel he killed Lt. Green, but no one would believe a criminal like Angel. Hearing the sirens in the distance, Fowler thinks they are coming for Angel, until Angel removes his jacket showing a wire. Pointing to an outside van, Angel claims the whole conversation was taped. Fowler attacks Angel and easily recovers Angel's gun. Using Angel as a hostage, Fowler tells the police to back off. At this point we learn that the van was not an actual surveillance vehicle, nor was the wire recording. It was merely a ruse to prove that Fowler was corrupt. Fowler opens fire on the officers, the officers return fire and kill Fowler. Jeremiah then meets with Sweet on a frozen lake. After Victor Sweet's arrival, though, it is revealed that while waiting for Sweet, Jeremiah and Evan have convinced Sweet's men, whom Sweet treats very poorly, to abandon Sweet and come back to work for Evan. When Sweet then asks who will challenge him to a climatically necessary fight, Bobby is seen approaching from a distance. Bobby and Sweet have a fistfight, in the course of which Bobby defeats Sweet, rendering him unconscious, however no doubt is left as to his fate after he is dropped in a hole carved into the ice. The three brothers, now in police custody, are brutalized in an attempt to make them confess to the murder of Victor Sweet. The cops again use the line "your hair sample was taken from the body," but the brothers have learned from experience. Using the same alibi of "having sex with your wife", the brothers are finally released, and set about the work of repairing their mother's house, which has been so terribly damaged by the gunfight which took Jack's life. Angel goes to hang out with his girlfriend while Jerry goes in with his family. As Bobby is left alone he sees his mother standing on the steps. She says its always nice to see him and asks if he would be staying for a while this time. He smiles and says he's thinking about it, to which she smiles and the scene then fades into the Detroit skyline.

Review: If you don't like this movie, get the hell out of here. Gibson and Walhberg, there sexy ass self, portraying bad-ass-gangster wannabes and reaking havoc, especially where the tight ass shirts, what more can you ask for? You got the gangs, the lies, the drama, the ultimate climax, and you get the bloodshed, this movie is pure genious. I love how Walberg went off script and made a wonderful tagline for the movie, "She's addicted to what Angel's dick did..." Anybody who can think of something like that off the top of their head deserves some sort of credit. And of course, revenge is best served cold...