Pain & Gain

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Pain & Gain

R

2013

2h 10m

Action

Comedy

Drama

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Danny Lupo (Mark Wahlberg), manager of the Sun Gym in the 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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Critics Consensus

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

09/05/2017

2/5

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.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/21/2016

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.

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Nick Pinkerton

Sight & Sound

06/06/2014

While Pain & Gain often frustrates, Bay's overwhelming cinematic sense is undeniable.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

12/04/2020

4/10

The felonies fall apart due to phenomenal stupidity - and audiences are supposed to laugh at the extreme amateurishness of this band of beefy crooks.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/19/2020

2.0/4.0

Adds up to more pain than gain.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

09/11/2020

2/5

A tonally erratic and consistently irksome true-crime farce that plays out like a GoodFellas for Dummies.

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Stoner J.

@Stoner Mar 19

Yeah it’s kinda ghetto and not made great but it’s a totally hilarious and entertaining crimadram

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Gi S

@Gistevenn Mar 10

This movie was hilarious, if this was a true story then these crooks were dumber than the 3 stooges.

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Super good movie funny as hell

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 19

Hands down my favorite Michael Bay movie!

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Ian N

@Ianandme100 Jan 10

If this really is a true story then this film very much makes light of the suffering and death of the victims. Beyond that it is moderately diverting with a competent cast but overlong.

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Richard J

@RT21432955 Nov 15

If you love going to the gym and lifting weights, you'd like this movie. I've seen it quite a few times

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Michael Bay

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Mark Wahlberg

Daniel Lugo

Dwayne Johnson

Paul Doyle

Ed Harris

Ed Du Bois

Anthony Mackie

Adrian Doorbal

Tony Shalhoub

Victor Kershaw

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Pain & Gain: Official Clip - Easy as Robbing a Bank

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Synopsis

Danny Lupo (Mark Wahlberg), manager of the Sun Gym in the 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 10m

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