Soul Men

In 1965, Marcus Hooks (John Legend), Floyd Henderson (Bernie Mac), and Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson) were just three kids singing doo-wop harmonies around a fire barrel when legendary record producer Willie Mitchell caught an earful of their infectious harmonizing. Two short years later, Marcus ...more

Soul is a hard thing to come by. Few guys have it, especially in this day and age. True soul is more than just swagger and charisma; it's wisdom and savoir-faire. There's a certain amount of experience that comes with having soul, which is why Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac are the perfect Soul Men. In the film, their characters Louis (Jackson) and Floyd (Mac) have got soul to spare. These cats are smooth, smart, clever, and funny. In his last film role before tragically passing away this year ...more

There's always a certain sense of melancholy in witnessing one of the last works of a great artist, especially when that artist never lived to see the finished product. Thankfully, Bernie Mac's penultimate feature is a soul movie with genuine heart, a crowd-pleasing comedy that leans more heavily toward laughs for the majority of the running time, yet still manages to draw the viewer in with a slightly more earnest subplot. The chemistry between headliners Mac and Samuel L. Jackson provides more ...more