Pain & Gain

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47%

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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. Read More Read Less

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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

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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

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Nick Pinkerton

Sight & Sound

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

Jun 6, 2014

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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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Adds up to more pain than gain.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 19, 2020

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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

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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 4.5/5 Stars • 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 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Uynga U filled my expectation keep going!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review erdene c The film's visuals became real Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Bahad j The idea behind this movie moved me a lot, but it was a movie with really satisfying expectations Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Munkhjargal A This movie seemed like a romantic adventure movie. He was discouraged by repeated failures, and one day they took away all his assets and took their money back. It turned out to be a really crazy movie Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael Bay Director 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 - The Magic Touch