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Pain & Gain

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Danny Lupo (Mark Wahlberg), manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian (Anthony Mackie) as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub) and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
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It may be his most thought-provoking film to date, but Michael Bay's Pain & Gain ultimately loses its satirical edge in a stylized flurry of violent spectacle.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk For [Michael Bay], storytelling exists only to justify senselessly bashing some big shiny noisy stuff into other big noisy shiny stuff till your ears bleed for mercy. Rated: 2/5 Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire Maybe he's trying to do 'GoodFellas'-style dark comedy (the copious voice-overs would certainly suggest it), but put as charitably as possible, Bay is no Scorsese. Jun 21, 2016 Full Review Nick Pinkerton Sight & Sound While Pain & Gain often frustrates, Bay's overwhelming cinematic sense is undeniable. Jun 6, 2014 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins The felonies fall apart due to phenomenal stupidity - and audiences are supposed to laugh at the extreme amateurishness of this band of beefy crooks. Rated: 4/10 Dec 4, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Adds up to more pain than gain. Rated: 2.0/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) A tonally erratic and consistently irksome true-crime farce that plays out like a GoodFellas for Dummies. Rated: 2/5 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This was genuinely top 3 movies for me. This is funny, motivational, and entertaining. This is definitely a must watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Alfred Junior T It is traumatic but teaches a life lesson that crime doesn't pay but is sad that 2 men died at the end Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Sue S Having read a little bit about the true story, I think this movie is insensitive and cruel to the true victims. I can only say that I hope that the real individual who was tormented and tortured by this brutal gang wins in court in his lawsuit. His story was used without his permission and he was portrayed to be and unpleasant, crude and greedy man who deserved to be punished. He has not been compensated even though his story was used to make this movie. From what I've read of the actual criminals, there was nothing humorous or likeable about them. They are horrible, sadistic human beings. As for the movie alone, it just doesn't make sense. The personalities of the criminals don't match the crime. I couldn't finish it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review NiB Y This is Bay's best movie by far and the all of the negative reviews are from people with non-valid arguments that have a preexisting bias against him. This movie is a exaggerated representation/critique of the ideal American Dream; and the performances by the main three are awesome, specially Wahlberg's. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Sebastian H This is a really entertaining movie which does get better with repeat viewings. In terms of perfromance this is the rocks best performance and him and the monk actor steal the show. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Uynga U filled my expectation keep going!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Danny Lupo (Mark Wahlberg), manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian (Anthony Mackie) as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub) and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Director
Michael Bay
Producer
Donald De Line, Michael Bay, Ian Bryce
Screenwriter
Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
De Line Pictures
Rating
R (Crude Sexual Content|Bloody Violence|Drug Use|Language Throughout|Nudity)
Genre
Action, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$49.9M
Runtime
2h 9m
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