marky-mark and the funky brothas

Saw Four Brothers. In addition to the weirdness created by seeing this R-rated, shoot-em-up with 8 year olds beside me, I have these condensced thoughts:

- This is the inner city take on the western
- How much of these characters/traits are role models/aspirations?
- Is justice a state of mind, an act, or retribution?
- To what extent is this story truly representative of the current state of inner city life - as represented by the glorification of gun play, subjectification of women, modes of justice, gang culture, and hopelessness?
-- subquestion: Does the fact that urban thug-gangster life sold both the most popular video game last year and the best selling record have anything to say to this increasing heroism of vigilante violence and other western genre ideals?
- Is there a job i can have where i get the final edit to improve films: music - horrible; flashbacks - cheeseball; cutting - simple; lighting - harsh, quick and easy;