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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Victor Sweet's first scene not only establishes his villain cred, but also his BadBoss tendencies; when an underling, Evan, goes to take a bite of food while Victor's dressing down his crew for hiring in-town shooters, Victor forces him to eat his whole meal off the floor. When Evan's girlfriend calls Victor out on it, he forces her to join Evan on the floor.
-->'''Victor''': That's a good boy.
-->'''Victor''': That's a good boy.
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* IdiotBall: Yeah Jack, chase after the stranger in the hockey mask. Can't possibly see that ending badly. He and the audience don't see the guy's mask until he turns around. Jack just thought it was some trash-talking punk.
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* IdiotBall: Yeah Jack, Jack leaves the house to chase after someone who cursed out his dead mom and assaulted him with a snowball; [[spoiler: it's bait to draw him out into the stranger in the hockey mask. Can't possibly see that ending badly. He open and the audience don't see the guy's mask until he turns around. Jack just thought it was some trash-talking punk.shoot him.]]
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jack and Jeremiah are the Sensitive Guys to Bobby and Angel’s Manly Man.
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--> '''Jeremiah:''' "Sweet owns Douglas! He ain't nothing but a gangster in a suit!"
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* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack City]]: Detroit is definitely portrayed as this.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jeremiah and Jack are far more responsible and rational than their more impulsive and hot-headed brothers, Bobby and Angel.
** Making [[spoiler: Jack's death]] all the more surprising.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The brothers seem to fit this — Bobby is Choleric, Jeremiah is Melancholic, Angel is Sanguine, and Jack is Phlegmatic.**
** Making [[spoiler: Jack's death]] all the more surprising.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The brothers seem to fit this — Bobby is Choleric, Jeremiah is Melancholic, Angel is Sanguine, and Jack is Phlegmatic.**
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jeremiah and Jack are far more responsible and rational than their more impulsive and hot-headed brothers, Bobby and Angel. \n** Making [[spoiler: Jack's death]] all the more surprising.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The brothers seem to fit this — Bobby is Choleric, Jeremiah is Melancholic, Angel is Sanguine, and Jack is Phlegmatic.**
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The brothers seem to fit this — Bobby is Choleric, Jeremiah is Melancholic, Angel is Sanguine, and Jack is Phlegmatic.
* IdiotBall: Yeah Jack, chase after the stranger in the hockey mask. Can't possibly see that ending badly. He and the audience don't see the guy's mask until he turns around. Jack just thought it was some trash-talking punk.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Bobby, Angel and Jack are giving this by Jeremiah, [[spoiler: who was accused by his brothers fthem of playing a part in their mother's death]].
-->'''Jeremiah:''' Y'all tripping because I made insurance payments? What? I paid all her bills! Where the fuck were y'all? Y'all were around doing nothing! Bullshitting!
-->'''Jeremiah:''' Y'all tripping because I made insurance payments? What? I paid all her bills! Where the fuck were y'all? Y'all were around doing nothing! Bullshitting!
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* TheSiege: Happens when Sweet's men goes to attack the Mercers at their home.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Oh yes and it's awesome.
* TheSiege: Happens when Sweet's men goes to attack the Mercers at their home.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bobby, Angel and Jack are giving this by Jeremiah, [[spoiler: who was accused by them of playing a part in their mother's death]].
-->'''Jeremiah:''' Y'all tripping because I made insurance payments? What? I paid all her bills! Where the fuck were y'all? Y'all were around doing nothing! Bullshitting!
* TheSiege: Happens when Sweet's men goes to attack the Mercers at their home.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bobby, Angel and Jack are giving this by Jeremiah, [[spoiler: who was accused by them of playing a part in their mother's death]].
-->'''Jeremiah:''' Y'all tripping because I made insurance payments? What? I paid all her bills! Where the fuck were y'all? Y'all were around doing nothing! Bullshitting!
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* CreatorCameo: Jon Singleton is the goalie of the opposing hockey team during the [[IceHockey Turkey Cup]] scene.
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* CreatorCameo: Jon Singleton is the goalie of the opposing hockey team during the [[IceHockey [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey Turkey Cup]] scene.
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* IceHockey: A number of scenes revolve around either playing, discussing, or watching the sport. One scene even includes a CreatorCameo.
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* AntiHero: Bobby. For starters, he's willing to walk into a high school basketball game with a gun and assault a player just to find a paid off witness to his mother's shooting.
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A loosely based remake of the 1965 western film ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (Creator/MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[Music/OutKast André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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A 2005 crime thriller directed by Creator/JohnSingleton and loosely based remake of adapted from the 1965 western film Western ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. heist.
Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (Creator/MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[Music/OutKast André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (Creator/MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[Music/OutKast André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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A loosely based remake of the 1965 western film ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[{{Music/OutKast}} André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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A loosely based remake of the 1965 western film ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (MarkWahlberg), (Creator/MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[{{Music/OutKast}} ([[Music/OutKast André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Jeremiah is the most passive and level headed of the group. His wrestling match with Angel and confrontation shows that when he's pushed, he can even make [[BadAss Bobby]] Backdown.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Jeremiah is the most passive and level headed of the group. His wrestling match with Angel and confrontation shows that when he's pushed, he can even make [[BadAss Bobby]] Bobby Backdown.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Jeremiah is the most passive and level headed of the group. His wrestling match with Angel and confrontation shows that when he's pushed, he can even make [[BadAss Bobby]] Backdown.
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* BigBrotherBully: Bobby is this to his brother, mainly to Jack.
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* BigBrotherBully: Bobby is this to his brother, brothers, mainly to Jack.
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* {{Badass}}: All of the four brothers share this trait, though its Bobby and Angel who do most of the work.
** Jeremiah's more of a RetiredBadass
** Jeremiah's more of a RetiredBadass
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A loosely based remake of the 1965 western film ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[{{Music/OutKast}} André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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A loosely based remake of the 1965 western film ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'', ''Four Brothers'' is a 2005 movie about what happens when beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist. Her four dangerous adoptive sons come to her funeral: Bobby Mercer (MarkWahlberg), Angel Mercer (Tyrese Gibson), and Jack Mercer (Creator/GarrettHedlund) join the regenerated ex-union leader, Jeremiah Mercer ([[{{Music/OutKast}} André 3000]]). They decide to investigate the murder, discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When the brothers find that Evelyn had been corresponding with a local attorney, they force him to tell them what he knows by giving him a pink-belly in the snow. (For the uninitiated, this is a tactic more suited to elementary school bullies than professional torturers). As it turns out, he and Evelyn had been dating in secret, and he had nothing to do with why she was killed.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: And how.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: And how. Might as well be the film's tag line.
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* TroubledButCute: All the brothers seem to fit this.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Despite having a huge numerical advantage, Sweed's assassins get slaughtered by the Mercers during the home shootout, mainly because most of them just stand out in the open and mindlessly "spray and pray" all their shots.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Jeremiah is depicted as being peaceful and lawful in contrast to his brothers. He tends to avoid participating in their violent acts for most of the movie, but the battle at the Mercer household pushes him to killing for the defense of his family.
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* GunsAkimbo: Angel dual wields two pistols in the shootout at the Mercer house.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Bobby says the N-word a lot and usually mocks Sofi with spanish idiomes.
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* AsianStoreOwner: The owner of the store where Evelyn was killed is Middle Eastern.
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* AsianStoreOwner: The owner of the store where Evelyn was killed is Middle Eastern. The clerk who was killed was likely one of his relatives as well.
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* OnlySaneMan: Jack and Jeremiah often share this role.
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: At first, Lt. Green appears to be the only competent cop in the DPD. This illusion is shattered near the end of the movie, when Green finds proof that Fowler is corrupt. He doesn't turn the evidence of Fowler's corruption over to his superiors on the force, nor does he tell any of his fellow cops, nor does he tell anyone else. Instead he goes to confront Fowler alone just to beat him up and then walk away, giving Fowler the perfect opportunity to murder him. Fowler then has no trouble covering up the murder since Green never told anyone he was dirty]]
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* HeroInsurance: The Mercer brothers commit numerous felonies throughout the movie, including home invasion, breaking and entering, and assault. They also murder several villains in cold blood after said villains have been disarmed and can't fight back.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The Detroit Police Department is depicted as being hopelessly corrupt and inept. The Mercer brothers are easily able to find clues to Evelyn's murder that the Detroit detectives somehow miss.
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* BigBrotherBully: Bobby is this to his brother, mainly to Jack.
* BoisterousBruiser: Bobby and Angel.
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* MommasBoy: Jerimiah was this to Evelyn and when he was accused by his brothers for playing a part in their mother's death to secure the $400,000 from their mother's life insurance, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he reminded them why he is said trope.]]
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* UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}: In all its glory. When Bobby picks on Jerry for driving a Swedish car in Detroit, Angel says that it doesn't really matter anymore since Detroit isn't what it used to be, at least in terms of economics.
-->'''Angel''': They finally did it. Sent the jobs to the Third World, and brought the Third World to Detroit.
-->'''Angel''': They finally did it. Sent the jobs to the Third World, and brought the Third World to Detroit.
