The film, directed by Simon Cellan Jones, is a Wahlberg production through and through: Expect some brawny athleticism and a hotheaded family man on a quest for redemption.

Chicago Ebon is the one who embodies Richie, the hotheaded consigliere in “The Bear,” a scuzzily charismatic dude whose masculinity lands somewhere between woefully misguided and willfully abrasive.

“Tzivyah was always impulsive and hotheaded. She would have left regardless.”

They were often hotheaded but also fast to regret their harsh words; this was their peace offering of sorts.

“It was a very stressful time for us. We were broke and jobless. He was hotheaded and often drunk,” Nase said.