A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
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Christopher Markus (screenplay),
Stephen McFeely (screenplay)
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There's something inspired about putting Michael Bay in charge of a brazen action-comedy about gym-pumped knuckleheads who screw up their own criminal masterplan most royally. Bay is Hollywood's biggest alpha-bull; this time he gallops through the china shop to entertaining effect. Pain & Gain is too long, and sometimes behaves as if it doesn't get the point of its own comedy, but there's plenty of zing. The story itself reads like something Florida thriller-writer Carl Hiaasen might have dreamed up; actually this is a true-crime case, based on an article by Miami New Times journalist Pete Collins. It's a tale from the roaring 1990s, and shot in an archly 90s pulp-fiction style. Mark Wahlberg is Daniel Lugo, a preening Florida bodybuilder, personal trainer and former conman obsessed with motivational fitness and realising the American dream by getting rich quick. Anthony Mackie is his buddy Adrian Doorbal, and Dwayne Johnson puts in an unexpectedly funny turn as Paul Doyle, the born-again Christian ex-con who joins the other two in a crazy scheme to kidnap a client and force him to sign over his assets. Bay shows how the three stupid amigos are always wired on an explosive cocktail of steroids, cocaine and inspirational "personal growth" rhetoric. It's all just chaotic enough to be true. The movie needed some more detachment – and brevity – but Wahlberg shows once again he has the comedy chops.Trailer:
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Summary:
Not seen yet, but I am sure you should
Box Office:
| Domestic Total as of Aug. 27, 2013: $49,875,133 | |
| Distributor: Paramount | Release Date: |
| Genre: Action | Runtime: 2 hrs. 9 min. |
| MPAA Rating: R | Production Budget: $26 million |
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