So one big reason for why I
started to write was because television was so bad that when I arrived home
from work I found myself so bored that I cried out for some creativity. Quite
literally, there were tears and everything. I therefore turned to the type
written pen to save my mind from turning in to reality TV mush. Yes, I am not
ashamed to say it I wrote because there was nothing better to do.
Yet having said that there are
some gems on the box and in the cinema. As much as television turned me to
writing cinema did prove truly inspiring. A great film, for whatever the reason
you think it is great, can inspire; they have inspired me. I like a lot of
genres, actors and films but for my Monday blog I had to choose just one and I
chose Marky Mark.
Yes, Marky Mark. That guy who was
once in New Kids on the Block. That guy better known as Mark Wahlberg. For me and
my dad he has never been in a bad film. You may disagree but I don’t care. My
dad agrees so that is all that matters. However, feel free to critique away
too.
This is the first blog of Marky
Mark Mondays and the witty title was my dad’s creation. So applaud him for
that. This will last for however long I still have a Marky Mark movie to write
about and I will begin with an all-time favourite of mine, Four Brothers.
Four Brothers
So this is a John Singleton
action-crime movie first released on 30th September 2005. So exactly
8 years ago to the day. I did my research. The plot is about four troublesome orphaned
boys who were all taken in by a kind-hearted lady who only ever saw the good in
them all.
Marky Mark stars as Booby Mercer alongside
Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) and Garret Hedlund as the leader
of the four. He is as hard as nails with a comical wit yet has a soft spot for
each of his brothers. Tyrese Gibson plays the smooth operating Tyrese Gibson,
as always, but the script writers decided to give him the name of Angel Mercer.
Andre Benjamin plays a quite remarkable role as the family and business man
Jeremiah Mercer. Marky Mark is the oldest and the father figure of the Mercers
and the protector, especially over the youngest brother Jack Mercer played by
Garret Hedlund.
The film starts with their
adoptive mother being gunned down in a grocery store and the four all return to
their childhood home in Detroit to bury her and seek revenge on her killer.
Defying the police and the always brilliant Terrence Howard, who plays a
detective, the four brothers turn their old neighbourhood upside down to
uncover the truth and the one responsible for their mother’s shooting.
This is an emotionally powerful
action-packed drama with three actors who started out in the music game all
putting in a master class. Yes, it may be more of a guy’s film but for me there
is an underlying theme that I am not even sure John Singleton intended. There
is not one hint of strangeness in the fact that the four brothers are of
different race; instead there is just an acceptance that these four boys love
their mum and love each other.
The four are tied by bonds
thicker than blood and nothing will change that. Yes they have their problems
and yes they have their doubts but when it really matters they are still
brothers at the end of the day. Maybe I like it all the more because my very
own brother now has four boys of his own and the message of brotherly love hit
a nerve within me. Maybe it is just a great film to watch.
Nonetheless for me it gets a
curetotheworld 5 star rating.
I highly recommend it. So if you
have not seen it go and get it. The best part about it is that you can get it
for a few pounds and if you are like me you will watch it over and over again.
Just click on this link.
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