Four Brothers (film)
2005
Search results
People also ask
Is Pain & Gain worth watching?
Is Pain & Gain a true story?
Is 'Pain & Gain' funny?
Is Pain & Gain a good movie?
Apr 26, 2013 · 50% Tomatometer 201 Reviews 47% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings 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...
- See All Audience Reviews
Pain & Gain - Movie Reviews | Rotten Tomatoes. Pain & Gain...
- Trailers & Videos
Pain & Gain: Official Clip - Saving All God's Creatures 2:03...
- Pain & Gain Pictures
Pain & Gain Pictures and Photo Gallery -- Check out just...
- See All Audience Reviews
Apr 25, 2013 · "Pain & Gain" is irrepressibly sleazy, frequently exhausting and sometimes as bitterly funny as its creators think it is. When we're first introduced to Daniel Lugo ( Mark Wahlberg ), he's running from a SWAT team in slow-motion as ropes of spit fly from his gaping mouth.
Pain & Gain is a very enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good action or comedy. Based on a true story about three bodybuilders who get involved in burglary and kidnapping in order to get all the money and wealthy lifestyle they desire,but to fact that none of them are particularity brainy dosen't help them.
- Bay's best movie since The Rock.
- Verdict
By Jim Vejvoda
Posted: Apr 23, 2013 7:23 am
Pain & Gain is a true crime tale set in the 1990s about three Miami bodybuilders (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie) whose scheme to bilk a millionaire client (Tony Shalhoub) out of his fortune and property quickly devolves into torture, mayhem and murder.
Wahlberg's Daniel Lugo is, like Al Pacino's Miami gangster Tony "Scarface" Montana, a warped version of the American dream, a self-proclaimed "doer" whose blind adherence to being a success at all costs leads to awful consequences. Daniel's no criminal genius, though. In fact, the movie portrays him as dumb as a bag of hammers, and Wahlberg is at his best when playing dimwits (Boogie Nights, Ted).
Daniel enlists his employee Adrian (Mackie), whose juicing has led to erectile dysfunction, and an ex-con named Paul (Johnson) to help him kidnap and extort his client Victor Kershaw (Shalhoub), a man who is such a jerk that it's tough for even his supporters to sympathize with him. Paul had turned his back on drugs and booze and found Jesus. He legitimately wants to go straight, but soon finds himself thrust back into a world of temptation, which leads to many funny-sad moments for him. (It should be noted that Paul is a composite character; check out a spoilerish breakdown of the movie vs. the real case here.)
Johnson's the standout of this ensemble, which also includes Ed Harris as a private eye, Rebel Wilson as Adrian's wife, Ken Jeong as an obnoxious motivational speaker, Bar Paly as the guys' stripper compadre, and Rob Corddry as a shady gym owner.
Transformers director Michael Bay proves he doesn't need pyrotechnics to make an entertaining movie in the darkly comic true crime tale Pain & Gain, featuring Dwayne Johnson in an impressive performance.
Apr 26, 2013 · Pain & Gain: Directed by Michael Bay. With Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub. A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Apr 23, 2013 · Film Review: ‘Pain & Gain’. Michael Bay directs this pulverizing steroidal farce based on a bizarre-but-true story. By Scott Foundas. The large-scale destructiveness he has previously wreaked...
