Daniel Lugo, 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 and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw 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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The only way I'd like this movie is if Charles Bronson showed-up and took out the trash. The trash being the main characters. I don't understand how anyone can root for murderers and torturers. It's sick to turn such horrible real-life events into a comedy.
While i like all three stars, i had figured this was yet another formulaic michael bay film. it is not. it is unique, different, and I highly recommend. the rock is particularly good. and the couple of rebel wilson and a. mackie was great. watch it.
such an entertaining and fun movie!!The actors play incredibly well, specially mark wahlberg and the rock, mark wahlberg being so motivated and so serious about everything all the time and the rock playing the former inmate which found god both were so funny and acted extremely well.All the time the misunderstandings between characters was so hilarious, the satire, irony and dark humor are absolutely on spot.Quite some people criticized the movie because it is a true story, however there are tons of movies about true story with serial killers or dramatic events so i think it doesn't affect the movie.9/10 , don't hesitate to watch it you wont regret it.
I must admit that initially I didn't have much interest in this movie, given its synopsis. But after having seen it, I have to say that this movie was surprisingly entertaining, fun and fast paced.The movie kicks into gear right from the very start and doesn't really slow down before the end credits started rolling. And there wasn't really a dull moment throughout the entire movie.The story in "Pain & Gain" was rather entertaining to watch, and the fact that in all its absurdity that it was an actual real story just added to the enjoyment. Some of the things that were taking place was so out there it was just hilarious.But more importantly, I was rather surprised with the cast. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie were great in their roles as the criminal bodybuilders. But it should also be said that Tony Shalhoub and Ed Harris were amazing in their roles. Just a shame that Ed Harris wasn't given more on-screen time."Pain & Gain" is an entertaining movie that is well-worth watching. Good storyline, good acting, good entertainment.
