On Wednesday, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced its film nominations for the 2024 DGA Awards.
Nominees include Greta Gerwig (Barbie), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Alexander Payne (The Holdovers) and Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon). In the first-time director category, Cord Jefferson (American Fiction), Manuela Martelli (Chile ’76), Noora Niasari (Shayda), A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) and Celine Song (Past Lives) received nominations.
This is Scorsese’s 11th DGA nomination in the same category — he won for The Departed in 2007. Only Steven Spielberg has received more, with 13. Nolan now has five under his belt, with no wins so far. Payne was nominated twice before but didn’t win the award either year. Gerwig, whose nomination is the 13th time a woman has been nominated in the category, received a nod in 2018 for Lady Bird.
Last year, female directors were notably shut out from the nominations,...
Nominees include Greta Gerwig (Barbie), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Alexander Payne (The Holdovers) and Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon). In the first-time director category, Cord Jefferson (American Fiction), Manuela Martelli (Chile ’76), Noora Niasari (Shayda), A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) and Celine Song (Past Lives) received nominations.
This is Scorsese’s 11th DGA nomination in the same category — he won for The Departed in 2007. Only Steven Spielberg has received more, with 13. Nolan now has five under his belt, with no wins so far. Payne was nominated twice before but didn’t win the award either year. Gerwig, whose nomination is the 13th time a woman has been nominated in the category, received a nod in 2018 for Lady Bird.
Last year, female directors were notably shut out from the nominations,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s Killer Sally docuseries explored the true crime story of Sally McNeil. On Valentine’s Day, the Marine and bodybuilder fatally shot her husband, Ray McNeil, after years of abuse. The case gained national attention due to Sally and Ray’s bodybuilding careers. Sally served 19-to-life for the murder. But her story in Killer Sally is not the only murder crime committed by a bodybuilder.
Bodybuilder and Marine Sally McNeil in ‘Killer Sally’ | via Netflix Sally’s crime in ‘Killer Sally’ does not compare to bodybuilder Gordon Kimbrough’s murder case
In 1993, news hit of a professional bodybuilder committing a horrific murder. According to a New York Times article, Gordon Kimbrough was “a chemical machine.” He used various steroids and drugs to reach a perfectly built physique. Kimbrough and his then-girlfriend Kristy Ramsey were well-known in San Francisco for their bodybuilding careers.
Their relationship was rocky as Kimbrough had affairs and physically abused Ramsey.
Bodybuilder and Marine Sally McNeil in ‘Killer Sally’ | via Netflix Sally’s crime in ‘Killer Sally’ does not compare to bodybuilder Gordon Kimbrough’s murder case
In 1993, news hit of a professional bodybuilder committing a horrific murder. According to a New York Times article, Gordon Kimbrough was “a chemical machine.” He used various steroids and drugs to reach a perfectly built physique. Kimbrough and his then-girlfriend Kristy Ramsey were well-known in San Francisco for their bodybuilding careers.
Their relationship was rocky as Kimbrough had affairs and physically abused Ramsey.
- 4/6/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director Michael Bay’s hilarious dark comedy Pain & Gain gets pumped on Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand this December from Paramount Home Media Distribution. We have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our readers.
And only for the real Doers, the film will be available on Digital a week early on 17th December. Based on an unbelievable true story, Pain & Gain stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie as a group of personal trailers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.
Adapted for the screen by writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely from articles written by journalist Pete Collins, Pain & Gain also stars Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”), Ed Harris (A History of Violence), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids), Ken Jeong (The Hangover) and Bar Paly (The Ruins).
Miami. Muscles. Money.
And only for the real Doers, the film will be available on Digital a week early on 17th December. Based on an unbelievable true story, Pain & Gain stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie as a group of personal trailers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.
Adapted for the screen by writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely from articles written by journalist Pete Collins, Pain & Gain also stars Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”), Ed Harris (A History of Violence), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids), Ken Jeong (The Hangover) and Bar Paly (The Ruins).
Miami. Muscles. Money.
- 12/17/2013
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Michael Bay's action-packed dark comedy Pain & Gain arrives on a Special Collector's Edition Blu-ray December 3 and we've got your exclusive first look at a clip from the bonus features! Based on an unbelievable true story, Pain & Gain stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie as a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. The Pain & Gain Special Collector.s Edition Blu-ray includes nearly an hour of in-depth and exciting bonus footage that takes viewers inside the surreal true story and its intriguing cast of characters. Discover Michael Bay's vision for this character-driven story and explore the histories of Daniel Lugo, Paul Doyle, Adrian Doorbal...
- 11/11/2013
- Comingsoon.net
After years of wasting his talent on those crummy Transformers films, director Michael Bay has returned to his R-rated roots with an incredibly dark comedy that’s moronic and silly, yet the single funniest film of 2013. Pain & Gain is Bay’s return to true form, showing off his trademark visual filmmaking style, while also reminding us that he used to have a talent for telling hilarious stories with some of the craziest of characters. Pain & Gain isn’t for everyone, but those that appreciate the meanest and darkest of comedies are going to absolutely love it and be begging Bay for more.
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a gym trainer with an obsession for body-building and lifting weights. He’s got a big ego, but his heart is usually in the right place. He believes that change comes to those that reach out and grab their dreams and he takes...
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a gym trainer with an obsession for body-building and lifting weights. He’s got a big ego, but his heart is usually in the right place. He believes that change comes to those that reach out and grab their dreams and he takes...
- 9/2/2013
- by Jeremy Lebens
- We Got This Covered
Mark Wahlberg shines in a crazy crime caper about bumbling bodybuilders hellbent on kidnap and personal growth
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.
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.
- 8/30/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Feature James Clayton 30 Aug 2013 - 06:06
To coincide with the release of Pain & Gain, James salutes the work of actor Anthony Mackie, and explains why he deserves bigger roles...
In Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, Anthony Mackie plays a man named Adrian "Noel" Doorbal. That's a bit of a silly name, but it's not so bad considering that the film also features characters called Pastor Randy and Robin Peck.
Still, Mackie (or Doorbal) has reason to be aggrieved and feel like he's the guy getting the biggest bites of shame sandwich. Why? Because Adrian is defined by his nads and, unlike co-star Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, his nads are not something you'd want to defined by.
The character is compelled to go to a sexual health clinic and tearfully admit his secret shame. Viewers can't help but sympathise with the poor forlorn guy as he sits in front of...
To coincide with the release of Pain & Gain, James salutes the work of actor Anthony Mackie, and explains why he deserves bigger roles...
In Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, Anthony Mackie plays a man named Adrian "Noel" Doorbal. That's a bit of a silly name, but it's not so bad considering that the film also features characters called Pastor Randy and Robin Peck.
Still, Mackie (or Doorbal) has reason to be aggrieved and feel like he's the guy getting the biggest bites of shame sandwich. Why? Because Adrian is defined by his nads and, unlike co-star Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, his nads are not something you'd want to defined by.
The character is compelled to go to a sexual health clinic and tearfully admit his secret shame. Viewers can't help but sympathise with the poor forlorn guy as he sits in front of...
- 8/29/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature Matt Edwards 30 Aug 2013 - 06:50
Is Michael Bay's black crime comedy a comment on the American Dream? Matt takes a detailed look at a morally murky film...
Note: this article contains Pain & Gain spoilers.
"This is the American Dream," whispers a voice in the song playing over the end credits, as neon text informs us that this is "A Film by Michael Bay".
It’s not unreasonable, I don’t think, to take this as a less than subtle prompt as to the theme of Pain & Gain. It would hardly be appropriate for the theme to be subtle, though. We’re talking about a film that tells the true story of chemically imbalanced, murderous body builders and their warped, modern and ultra-violent take on the American Dream.
The American Dream is the ideal that everyone in the USA is created equal, and that if they work hard they will achieve upward mobility.
Is Michael Bay's black crime comedy a comment on the American Dream? Matt takes a detailed look at a morally murky film...
Note: this article contains Pain & Gain spoilers.
"This is the American Dream," whispers a voice in the song playing over the end credits, as neon text informs us that this is "A Film by Michael Bay".
It’s not unreasonable, I don’t think, to take this as a less than subtle prompt as to the theme of Pain & Gain. It would hardly be appropriate for the theme to be subtle, though. We’re talking about a film that tells the true story of chemically imbalanced, murderous body builders and their warped, modern and ultra-violent take on the American Dream.
The American Dream is the ideal that everyone in the USA is created equal, and that if they work hard they will achieve upward mobility.
- 8/29/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
★★★☆☆ While numerous big-budget directors have been busy channelling the spirit of Michael Bay in the summer of 2013, the man himself has made his smallest film yet; and it turns out to be one of the strangest blockbusters in years. Pain & Gain (2013) is an open book; how audiences respond to it will depend entirely on how much belief one puts in Bay's ability to be more than simply the soulless don of destruction. The picture could easily be read as a declamatory statement of repentance; a crisis of directorial identity writ large. It could also be a gruesomely inadvertent piece of self-parody. Either way, it demands attention.
Pain & Gain tells the improbable true story of Miami personal trainer and ex-con Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), a man to whom physical perfection is synonymous with success. With an unwavering belief in the snake oil of motivational speakers, Lugo decides he's worked too hard...
Pain & Gain tells the improbable true story of Miami personal trainer and ex-con Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), a man to whom physical perfection is synonymous with success. With an unwavering belief in the snake oil of motivational speakers, Lugo decides he's worked too hard...
- 8/28/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
In a similar vein to both Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring, comes another contemporary Hollywood drama studying the American Dream – and once more, Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain also deconstructs such a notion, presented in a way whereby the very ideals of the ethos at hand appear somewhat ironic.
Based on an incredible true story, the film begins in 90s Florida, as we focus in on the deranged bodybuilder Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) who is determined to make something of his life, growing increasingly jealous of the wealth many of his clients have obtained. In particular, the uncouth entrepreneur Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). Concocting an ambitious – and rather dishevelled – plan, Lugo persuades fellow fitness freaks Adrian (Anthony Mackie) and Paul (Dwayne Johnson) to join him, as they decide to take Kershaw hostage, and have him sign over all of his wealth to the opportunistic trio. Sounds simple, right? Well,...
Based on an incredible true story, the film begins in 90s Florida, as we focus in on the deranged bodybuilder Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) who is determined to make something of his life, growing increasingly jealous of the wealth many of his clients have obtained. In particular, the uncouth entrepreneur Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). Concocting an ambitious – and rather dishevelled – plan, Lugo persuades fellow fitness freaks Adrian (Anthony Mackie) and Paul (Dwayne Johnson) to join him, as they decide to take Kershaw hostage, and have him sign over all of his wealth to the opportunistic trio. Sounds simple, right? Well,...
- 8/26/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I might be wrong, but if I recall correctly the first true story Michael Bay directed was Transformers. Well, the king of dynamite is at it again with Pain & Gain. Another true story (actually alot truer than the robot thing) based around a trio of bodybuilders (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie) who under the guidance of Daniel Lugo, (Wahlberg) kidnap a rather wealthy individual. The subsequent scheme to extort his assets and any cash he has is something that even the movie will remind you, that this actually happened. And while its taken what feels like an absolute age to get released on this side of the pond, its certainly worth the wait. Once the kidnapping takes place, the movie steps up a gear and the madness goes from demented to complete and utter Wtf. The chemistry between the 3 leads is impeccable with Wahlberg leading the way literally,...
- 8/24/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Michael Bay.s directorial foray away from big explosions and back into R-rated comedy-action films, Pain & Gain, features three dumb as a rock protagonists and a lot of wacky hijinks, resulting in an entertaining 129 minutes of film. Paramount Home Media Distribution is bringing the movie on to Blu-ray and DVD on August 27, and to celebrate the release, we are giving away one awesome grand prize related to the film that includes a Blu-ray copy of Pain & Gain signed by Mark Wahlberg and a few other goodies. Fitness is at the heart of the movie, which stars Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo, an enterprising young convict who believes in bodybuilding perfection, as well as getting what he wants, even if it means committing crimes. He teams up with Adrian Doorbal and Paul Doyle (Anthony Mackie and Dwayne Johnson) to extort money from a wealthy Miami citizen, but committing the perfect crime takes...
- 8/23/2013
- cinemablend.com
Top 10 Matt Edwards 23 Aug 2013 - 07:06
Bodybuilders try to pull off the perfect crime in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain. Matt provides 10 manly reasons why you should see it...
“What a bunch of beefcakes!”
It’s rare that you’ll hear 80 men in a cinema exclaim this at the exact same time. But then, Pain & Gain, the new film from action director Michael Bay, is a rare movie. It’s around 130 minutes of testosterone-flooded mania. You could axe fight a lumberjack over an uncooked steak and it still wouldn’t be as manly as Pain & Gain. You could arm wrestle Chuck Norris while farting and it wouldn’t come close to being as tough as Pain & Gain. You could beat Wolf on every stage of Gladiators while clad entirely in lycra and you’d still be a distance off of the masculinity of Pain & Gain.
We won’t know for...
Bodybuilders try to pull off the perfect crime in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain. Matt provides 10 manly reasons why you should see it...
“What a bunch of beefcakes!”
It’s rare that you’ll hear 80 men in a cinema exclaim this at the exact same time. But then, Pain & Gain, the new film from action director Michael Bay, is a rare movie. It’s around 130 minutes of testosterone-flooded mania. You could axe fight a lumberjack over an uncooked steak and it still wouldn’t be as manly as Pain & Gain. You could arm wrestle Chuck Norris while farting and it wouldn’t come close to being as tough as Pain & Gain. You could beat Wolf on every stage of Gladiators while clad entirely in lycra and you’d still be a distance off of the masculinity of Pain & Gain.
We won’t know for...
- 8/22/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Michael Bay isn't one for subtlety. So it's fun to see that just because his latest body-building drug drama Pain & Gain is decidedly giant robot/explosion-free compared to his other works, he's still bringing his 'Bayhem'ic style to proceedings. Our exclusive clip shows Mark Wahlberg's Daniel Lugo relaxing in his mega-mansion, and imparting a bit of R-rated wisdom to a bunch of young lads. Watch the clip below and then let us know what you think in the comments below. Pain & Gain is in UK cinemas Friday 30 August 2013, with special...
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- 8/22/2013
- by Matt Risley
- TotalFilm
"Are you kidding me?" Tony Shalhoub laughs, sitting in his hotel suite in Miami. "I thought 'Honest to God,'Is this a joke? This cannot be real. It just can't be." Veteran actor Tony Shalhoub is recalling the first time high-profile director Michael Bay told him about his upcoming film Pain and Gain, based on a true story about the Sun Gym gang who committed grisly crimes in Miami in the mid 1990s. Bay wanted Shalhoub to play the part of Victor Kershaw, a businessman who has something Daniel Lugo (played by Mark Wahlberg) and the rest of his gang members want - cash, and plenty of it. "After I knew I was doing the film, I started to read about it and I kept on having to ask, 'Wait a minute, is this really true or are we just saying it's true?' I couldn't wrap my brain around it,...
- 8/12/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Win yourself the ultimate gym package with Pain and Gain merchandise to mark the release on 30th August. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in a movie like you’ve never seen then before!
Michael Bay directs this ripped-from-the-headlines tale of a group of bodybuilding criminals. Based on a true story, Pain & Gain follows Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg) and Paul Doyle (Johnson), a pair of Florida bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Ed Harris stars as Private Detective Ed Du Bois who cracks the case after the Miami Pd fail to do so.
For more on the film visit: www.painandgainmovie.com. Pain and Gain is rated 15
For your chance to win one of five bundles of Pain and Gain gym goodies, from a fitness kit, towel and water bottle to a heart rate monitor and stop watch,...
Michael Bay directs this ripped-from-the-headlines tale of a group of bodybuilding criminals. Based on a true story, Pain & Gain follows Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg) and Paul Doyle (Johnson), a pair of Florida bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Ed Harris stars as Private Detective Ed Du Bois who cracks the case after the Miami Pd fail to do so.
For more on the film visit: www.painandgainmovie.com. Pain and Gain is rated 15
For your chance to win one of five bundles of Pain and Gain gym goodies, from a fitness kit, towel and water bottle to a heart rate monitor and stop watch,...
- 8/12/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Millions of people have heard Steve Jablonsky's music, even if they've never heard of Steve Jablonsky. The 42-year-old composer has written the scores for the last five Michael Bay films, including all three "Transformers" movies and Bay's latest, "Pain and Gain."
"The one thing Michael Bay does, and I tell him this every movie, is he gives me this huge stage. People are going to see his movies, no matter what," Jablonsky told HuffPost Entertainment. To his point: The "Transformers" franchise has grossed over $2.7 billion around the globe. "He's presenting me with audience to hear my stuff just because he's got the audience already. I'm very appreciative of that."
Jablonsky assisted on scores for the Bay films "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor," but didn't get his big break until "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," the horror reboot that Bay's Platinum Dunes production company produced in 2003. His work there impressed Bay, especially because of Jablonsky's compensation.
"The one thing Michael Bay does, and I tell him this every movie, is he gives me this huge stage. People are going to see his movies, no matter what," Jablonsky told HuffPost Entertainment. To his point: The "Transformers" franchise has grossed over $2.7 billion around the globe. "He's presenting me with audience to hear my stuff just because he's got the audience already. I'm very appreciative of that."
Jablonsky assisted on scores for the Bay films "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor," but didn't get his big break until "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," the horror reboot that Bay's Platinum Dunes production company produced in 2003. His work there impressed Bay, especially because of Jablonsky's compensation.
- 5/1/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
Pain & Gain hits number one at Us box office as Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson make Miami gangsters look like nice guys
Pain & Gain triumphed in a fairly limp session at the North American box office thanks to an estimated $20m debut that knocked the Tom Cruise sci-fi Oblivion off its perch. The box office session dropped around 19% against last week and fell by roughly the same margin compared with the same weekend in 2012, when Screen Gems' Think Like a Man stayed top for the second weekend in a session that showed greater strength in depth.
Michael Bay, preparing the fourth Transformers episode for next summer, directed Pain & Gain and the result was a number one launch that secured the top spot by a respectable margin. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star alongside Anthony Mackie as members of a real-life Miami gang who plan a kidnapping. Hollywood's spin machine has...
Pain & Gain triumphed in a fairly limp session at the North American box office thanks to an estimated $20m debut that knocked the Tom Cruise sci-fi Oblivion off its perch. The box office session dropped around 19% against last week and fell by roughly the same margin compared with the same weekend in 2012, when Screen Gems' Think Like a Man stayed top for the second weekend in a session that showed greater strength in depth.
Michael Bay, preparing the fourth Transformers episode for next summer, directed Pain & Gain and the result was a number one launch that secured the top spot by a respectable margin. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star alongside Anthony Mackie as members of a real-life Miami gang who plan a kidnapping. Hollywood's spin machine has...
- 4/30/2013
- by Jeremy Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Every Friday night, Movies.com sends cinephiles (and newlyweds) Sarah and Joe Piccirillo to see a film. Afterwards, they answer a few questions about it. Below is their discussion. Pain and Gain Synopsis: All Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) wants is the American Dream. To get it, he kidnaps and tortures a Miami businessman (Tony Shalhoub) with the help of his bumbling bodybuilding buddies (Anthony Mackie, The Rock). It’s an action/comedy based on the true story. Was This a Good Date Movie? Joe: Well, it’s an action/comedy about real life murders that probably weren’t funny at the time. Plus, there’s a lot of talk about impotence. Plus, Rebel Wilson gets a lot of screen time, which probably doesn’t help with the impotence. This is not a sexy...
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- 4/29/2013
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Review Ron Hogan 29 Apr 2013 - 06:44
Michael Bay goes back to smaller movies with Pain & Gain, starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. Review here...
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a guy with simple dreams. One of these dreams is to maximise his body's potential via weightlifting and training. The other is to be filthy, stinking rich. To that end, after spending time in prison after running an investment scam, Lugo's first legitimate post-prison job is at Sun Gym, where he turns the struggling gym of John Mese (Rob Corddry) into a weightlifting mecca with free body waxing and free memberships for strippers.
Turning a gym around is all well and good, but that's not enough for Lugo and his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), a fellow bodybuilder who is feeling the repercussions of years of steroid abuse. To treat his erectile dysfunction, he needs money. Lugo needs money, too. Fortunately,...
Michael Bay goes back to smaller movies with Pain & Gain, starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. Review here...
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a guy with simple dreams. One of these dreams is to maximise his body's potential via weightlifting and training. The other is to be filthy, stinking rich. To that end, after spending time in prison after running an investment scam, Lugo's first legitimate post-prison job is at Sun Gym, where he turns the struggling gym of John Mese (Rob Corddry) into a weightlifting mecca with free body waxing and free memberships for strippers.
Turning a gym around is all well and good, but that's not enough for Lugo and his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), a fellow bodybuilder who is feeling the repercussions of years of steroid abuse. To treat his erectile dysfunction, he needs money. Lugo needs money, too. Fortunately,...
- 4/29/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Pain & Gain
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Dwayne Johnson, Tony Shaloub, Ed Harris
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Plot: Three Miami bodybuilders (Wahlberg, Mackie, Johnson) team up to rob a wealthy sandwich shop owner (Shaloub).
Who’S It For? Fans of Wahlberg, Johnson, and especially Michael Bay can not miss this movie. For all the aggressive ugly content within Pain & Gain, whether they be frustrating, terrible, or both, bulking up on tolerance for Pain & Gain’s shallow expressions is necessary.
Overall
Inject steroids into the Coen Brothers, give them buzzcuts, constantly place them around American flags, take away half of their clever brain cells, but inflate the ones that love an irresistibly crazy idiot plot (with madcappery that seems to go beyond regular human potential). What you’re left with is Pain & Gain, a superbly irreverent American crime story from a director...
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Dwayne Johnson, Tony Shaloub, Ed Harris
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Plot: Three Miami bodybuilders (Wahlberg, Mackie, Johnson) team up to rob a wealthy sandwich shop owner (Shaloub).
Who’S It For? Fans of Wahlberg, Johnson, and especially Michael Bay can not miss this movie. For all the aggressive ugly content within Pain & Gain, whether they be frustrating, terrible, or both, bulking up on tolerance for Pain & Gain’s shallow expressions is necessary.
Overall
Inject steroids into the Coen Brothers, give them buzzcuts, constantly place them around American flags, take away half of their clever brain cells, but inflate the ones that love an irresistibly crazy idiot plot (with madcappery that seems to go beyond regular human potential). What you’re left with is Pain & Gain, a superbly irreverent American crime story from a director...
- 4/27/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Director Michael Bay turns from transforming robots to bodybuilding criminals for his latest exercise in testosterone-fueled excess. Based on the bizarre-but-true story, P&G stars Mark Wahlberg as Miami Beach personal trainer Daniel Lugo, who's determined to live out the American Dream ("We're doers, doers do!"). Lugo teams with gym rat Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and ex-con Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) to kidnap and extort money from a deli franchise magnate. Of course, their cockamamie scheme goes absurdly awry—think Fargo on steroids and coke. Want to really beef up your P&G Iq? Don't be a wimp! Start juicing with these five factoids: 1. Stranger Than Fiction: The script is based on a...
- 4/27/2013
- E! Online
Michael Bay put away his giant robot toys for a bit and has moved onto something a little more extreme. Namely, giant, human bodybuilders and their "get rich quick" scams. Pain & Gain, his latest, is at one end the action director's most serious, some would say adult, film to date, taking real-life drama and real-life absurdity and going all in to tell this true story as accurately as a Michael Bay film could be. At the other end, that real-life absurdity makes for some serious hilarity, and Pain & Gain, though it suffers from the lesser-appreciated Bay tropes, ends up being a comedy full of adrenaline and jacked to the gills with laughs. In Pain & Gain, Mark Wahlberg stars as Daniel Lugo, a personal trainer living in Miami who "believes in fitness." We know Lugo believes in fitness, because it's told to us on more than one occasion over the film's...
- 4/27/2013
- by Jeremy Kirk
- firstshowing.net
Pain & Gain stars Ken Jeong and Tony Shalhoub consider Michael Bay’s departure for this black comedy the director’s best film yet.
Aside from praising the Transformers director’s adaptation of the true story into a motion picture, the Pain & Gain stars also reveal their own harebrained ideas. Mark Wahlberg plays real-life bodybuilder turned extortionist Daniel Lugo in Pain & Gain, who masterminded the kidnapping and torture of a self-made millionaire in Miami in the 1990’s. Lugo then recruited other bodybuilders (Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie) to join his knucklehead quick rich scheme, which becomes the basis of Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain.
Ken Jeong, Tony Shalhoub, and Bar Paly tell CineMovie’s Zay Zay they are all guilty of knucklehead ideas, of course, they don’t compare to the character’s insane plan in the movie. The Israeli-born actress Bar Paly,
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Aside from praising the Transformers director’s adaptation of the true story into a motion picture, the Pain & Gain stars also reveal their own harebrained ideas. Mark Wahlberg plays real-life bodybuilder turned extortionist Daniel Lugo in Pain & Gain, who masterminded the kidnapping and torture of a self-made millionaire in Miami in the 1990’s. Lugo then recruited other bodybuilders (Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie) to join his knucklehead quick rich scheme, which becomes the basis of Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain.
Ken Jeong, Tony Shalhoub, and Bar Paly tell CineMovie’s Zay Zay they are all guilty of knucklehead ideas, of course, they don’t compare to the character’s insane plan in the movie. The Israeli-born actress Bar Paly,
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- 4/26/2013
- CineMovie
Need more incentive to see Michael Bay.s Pain & Gain in theaters this weekend? Are you still wondering if Bay.s departure from Transformers into the realm of dark comedies is meant for you? The above red-band clip, shared via ScreenCrush, will give you a decent snapshot at the type of unapologetic humor Bay adores . and how Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne .The Rock. Johnson plug in to his comedy. Brace for it. Here.s what we can tell you about the scene, and where it fits into Bay.s narrative. It.s later in the story, after Wahlberg.s gym rat character, Daniel Lugo, has assumed the wealthy .identity. of a ruthless business owner (Tony Shaloub) . whom Wahlberg, Johnson and Anthony Mackie have kidnapped and extorted. Through shady tactics, they have acquired the man.s fortune, and they.re now blowing through it as only a pair of low-lifes can.
- 4/26/2013
- cinemablend.com
Given that Michael Bay’s name is synonymous with deafening, overbudgeted sexist swill to the point where it even inspired a tuneful song about his suckitude in the South Park guys’ Team America: World Police, I often find myself in the position of defending him somewhat. Apart from Pearl Harbor and the synapse-frying second Transformers picture, he’s not that bad. Sometimes he’s even really good — his work is smashing, in all senses. Now he hits new levels of both artistry and sleaziness in the black comedy Pain & Gain, which I strongly recommend if you don’t overvalue taste, subtlety, and moral decency. I liked it.Actually, the movie is not entirely unsubtle. Its star, Mark Wahlberg, is a comedian of surprising refinement. His secret is that he plays everything straight, finding a razor’s edge between bovine thickness and predatory cunning. As Florida personal trainer Daniel Lugo, his...
- 4/26/2013
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
Full disclosure, I thought Pain & Gain was going to be a comedy or, at the very least, peppered with humor more often than not. It isn't. It's a tragedy. The focus is on dumb people doing dumb things and it's largely impossible to enjoy because it's based on a true story of people who kidnapped, tortured, robbed and murdered people told through the glossy, oversaturated lens of Michael Bay. While I've never been one to participate in "Bay bashing", if there was ever an example of the man not understanding drama this is it. Loaded with all the faux machismo, homophobia, misogyny, racism and flag-waving we've come to expect from Bay, Pain & Gain is presented in his traditional slick and glossy fashion, which would seem to suggest we're in for a rip-roaring good time with a trio of bonehead body builders looking for a quick buck. And, at the very least,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Michael Bay’s “Pain & Gain” is a true-crime story that would seem like a good opportunity to satirize some people’s version of the American Dream, but doing so would require a certain amount of finesse. The story is fascinating on its own, so Bay’s need to send everything into overdrive all the time ends up getting in the way, as does his apparent refusal to let the audience meet him halfway. He goes at the material with a jackhammer, and while the sheer craziness on display can sometimes be entertaining to watch, the movie ultimately feels uneven, superficial, and overworked.The time is the early 90s, and Mark Wahlberg plays Sun Gym fitness trainer, Daniel Lugo, the sort of guy who’s...
- 4/26/2013
- by Dan Simolke
- ShadowAndAct
Michael Bay's new film "Pain & Gain" slams into theaters on April 26, but not without a rocky road of controversies in its wake. The film's true-life elements have come under fire for being insensitive, inaccurate portrayals of the harrowing story they represent.
"Pain & Gain" is originally based on a series of Miami New Times articles from 1999 about the "Sun Gym Gang," a group that kidnapped, tortured and even murdered innocent victims. The incidents also became the subject of a memoir written by Mark Schiller, one of the Sun Gym Gang's surviving victims. (Schiller's book was released in January, well after the movie had wrapped production.) Since gaining momentum following the release of the film's trailer in December, several people have come forward to speak out about what they say is a crass depiction of the very real torture endured by the victims.
Schiller (renamed Victor Kershaw in the movie and...
"Pain & Gain" is originally based on a series of Miami New Times articles from 1999 about the "Sun Gym Gang," a group that kidnapped, tortured and even murdered innocent victims. The incidents also became the subject of a memoir written by Mark Schiller, one of the Sun Gym Gang's surviving victims. (Schiller's book was released in January, well after the movie had wrapped production.) Since gaining momentum following the release of the film's trailer in December, several people have come forward to speak out about what they say is a crass depiction of the very real torture endured by the victims.
Schiller (renamed Victor Kershaw in the movie and...
- 4/26/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Pain & Gain
Directed by Michael Bay
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
USA, 2013
If cinema has anything to say about it, the modern American dream is best typified by a grandiose level of entitlement in those who covet it most of all. Just a month ago, we saw Spring Breakers, a nightmarish, neon piece of grotesquerie, compelling experimental art about nubile young women trying to attain their hedonistic Western utopia by stealing from and killing people who dared get in their way, consequences be damned. And now, we have Michael Bay’s loopy, adrenaline-laced echo of the same concept, Pain & Gain; this time, it’s not a quartet of college students, but a trio of bodybuilders, who use force to achieve their dream and never think beyond themselves.
Based on a true story so jaw-dropping that, as one character tries to remove a person’s fingertips in a charbroiled fashion,...
Directed by Michael Bay
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
USA, 2013
If cinema has anything to say about it, the modern American dream is best typified by a grandiose level of entitlement in those who covet it most of all. Just a month ago, we saw Spring Breakers, a nightmarish, neon piece of grotesquerie, compelling experimental art about nubile young women trying to attain their hedonistic Western utopia by stealing from and killing people who dared get in their way, consequences be damned. And now, we have Michael Bay’s loopy, adrenaline-laced echo of the same concept, Pain & Gain; this time, it’s not a quartet of college students, but a trio of bodybuilders, who use force to achieve their dream and never think beyond themselves.
Based on a true story so jaw-dropping that, as one character tries to remove a person’s fingertips in a charbroiled fashion,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
By Tara Fowler
This weekend, Michael Bay will try to erase the sting of "Armageddon" with the true-crime feature "Pain & Gain." Personally, I've never met a Bay film I haven't liked (well, maybe Pearl Harbor), so I couldn't be more psyched for this movie, which centers on three Florida bodybuilders—Daniel Lugo, Adrian Doorbal, and Paul Doyle—who turned to a life of crime in the mid-90s. The true story is more bizarre then the film itself, so I highly suggest you check out Pete Collins' lengthy exposé in the Miami New Times. But for those of you who don't have the time, check out some highlights from the article below.
1) The gym's core clientele initially consisted of "cops and bad guys": Which was problematic for obvious reasons. One police officer quipped that he could "meet my monthly quota of felony arrests in one night at the...
This weekend, Michael Bay will try to erase the sting of "Armageddon" with the true-crime feature "Pain & Gain." Personally, I've never met a Bay film I haven't liked (well, maybe Pearl Harbor), so I couldn't be more psyched for this movie, which centers on three Florida bodybuilders—Daniel Lugo, Adrian Doorbal, and Paul Doyle—who turned to a life of crime in the mid-90s. The true story is more bizarre then the film itself, so I highly suggest you check out Pete Collins' lengthy exposé in the Miami New Times. But for those of you who don't have the time, check out some highlights from the article below.
1) The gym's core clientele initially consisted of "cops and bad guys": Which was problematic for obvious reasons. One police officer quipped that he could "meet my monthly quota of felony arrests in one night at the...
- 4/25/2013
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Chicago – Michael Bay’s “Pain & Gain” tells such a ridiculous story that it has to be true. Based on the infamous case of the Sun Gym Gang, a trio of bodybuilders who committed some unspeakable, bizarre crimes, “Pain & Gain” nearly works through the sheer charisma and talent of its A-list cast. A bloated running time, Bay’s problems with pacing, and a pretty juvenile script hold it back from truly clicking but there is enough manic energy to this larger-than-life story that it could practically numb one into thinking it connects as well as it should.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
“Pain & Gain” will inspire film goers to consider who might have done more with the same story. What would Joel & Ethan Coen’s “Pain & Gain” look like? (It would have been a dark, comic masterpiece and the lead role probably would have been played by Michael Stuhlbarg). What would Martin Scorsese’s “Pain & Gain” feel like?...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
“Pain & Gain” will inspire film goers to consider who might have done more with the same story. What would Joel & Ethan Coen’s “Pain & Gain” look like? (It would have been a dark, comic masterpiece and the lead role probably would have been played by Michael Stuhlbarg). What would Martin Scorsese’s “Pain & Gain” feel like?...
- 4/25/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) believes in fitness – and the American dream and bettering himself and making money and a whole mess of other stuff – but he mainly believes in fitness, and he believes that it is his unique dedication to fitness that will turn him into a success. And, if that doesn’t work, he can always just rob someone. Based on a true story (a claim that gets progressively harder to believe as the film goes on because this stuff is bonkers), Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain centers on the 1990s crime spree committed by Miami’s own “Sun Gym Gang,” one that saw personal trainer Lugo (along with his equally stupid cohorts, Paul Doyle, played by Dwayne Johnson and Adrian Doorbal, played by Anthony Mackie) hatch the brilliant (sarcasm all-around) scheme to trick a gym customer out of everything he owned. What started as a simple plan – kidnap millionaire moron Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), get...
- 4/25/2013
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Before watching Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain, I highly suggest reading the 3-part Miami New Times article on which it is based (conveniently compiled at this link). Such prior knowledge is in no way required to enjoy Bay’s film adaptation, but having read the original, factual account, I found myself constantly fascinated by the choices Bay and company made bringing the story to the screen. It is not the literal details of the crime that intrigue me – the film is actually a much closer approximation of the truth than I would have ever imagined – but the overall tone struck, and the thematic and character decisions made. Bay has taken a dark, disturbingly outlandish tale of greed, extortion, selfishness, and human depravity, and turned it into a broad, black, increasingly out-of-control comedy about the absurdity of the ‘American Dream,’ all without misrepresenting (most of) the fundamental facts of the incident.
- 4/25/2013
- by Jonathan R. Lack
- We Got This Covered
There's a siege mentality about Michael Bay's movies, as though viewers are the enemy holed up in a bunker and he's the guy ordering heavy-metal music around-the-clock to wear down our morale and force us to surrender.
Bay's true-crime caper "Pain & Gain" lacks the visual-effects mayhem and sci-fi cacophony of his "Transformers" blockbusters, yet the movie uses all the shock and awe and noise and bluster the director has in his utterly unsubtle arsenal.
Unlike Bay's usual action nonsense, there's a story, screenplay, characters and wry mix of suspense and pitiable comedy to be had in the tale of three Florida bodybuilders who blunder through kidnapping schemes like the Three Stooges on steroids.
All but the faintest flashes of humanity and pathos are flattened by the cinematic cyclone that is Michael Bay. He drowns "Pain & Gain" in gimmick and style which, rather than gussying things up, dresses them down...
Bay's true-crime caper "Pain & Gain" lacks the visual-effects mayhem and sci-fi cacophony of his "Transformers" blockbusters, yet the movie uses all the shock and awe and noise and bluster the director has in his utterly unsubtle arsenal.
Unlike Bay's usual action nonsense, there's a story, screenplay, characters and wry mix of suspense and pitiable comedy to be had in the tale of three Florida bodybuilders who blunder through kidnapping schemes like the Three Stooges on steroids.
All but the faintest flashes of humanity and pathos are flattened by the cinematic cyclone that is Michael Bay. He drowns "Pain & Gain" in gimmick and style which, rather than gussying things up, dresses them down...
- 4/24/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
A 12-year passion project on the part of director Michael Bay, Pain & Gain lands in theaters this Friday with an ensemble cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Tony Shalhoub, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong and Yolanthe Cabau. Based on a disturbingly true story, Pain & Gain features Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo, a fitness obsessed gym manager who, deciding that it's his turn to cash in on the American dream, enlists the aide of fellow bodybuilders Adrian Doorbal (Mackie) and Paul Doyle (Johnson) to kidnap and extort a wealthy Miami resident, Victor Kershaw (Shaloub). It's after they've taken everything he owns and attempted to murder him several times over, however, that the true crime story gets truly unbelievable....
- 4/24/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) believes life has cheated him. Doesn't America promise riches and luxury to people who deserve them? He's worked hard to build his body into a hulking knot of muscles; success should follow. But Lugo—the lead in Michael Bay's neon-noir ode to Miami, muscle tone, and the modern American dream—is stuck as an underpaid personal trainer at Miami Lakes' Sun Gym, where he boosts the confidence of customers far less chiseled than he and dreams of a better (read: richer) life.
Inspired to be a "doer" after a seminar featuring inspirational speaker Johnny Wu (Ken Jeong), Lugo turns his newfound patriotic zeal into action. He rounds up two accomplices: fellow body-obsessed gym buddy Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), whose steroid use has "messed ...
Inspired to be a "doer" after a seminar featuring inspirational speaker Johnny Wu (Ken Jeong), Lugo turns his newfound patriotic zeal into action. He rounds up two accomplices: fellow body-obsessed gym buddy Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), whose steroid use has "messed ...
- 4/24/2013
- Village Voice
Michael Bay is back. And that’s in a good way.
Bay directed a true story film about the notorious group called the Sun Gym gang who performed a couple of kidnappings during the mid-1990s. They were comprised of three gym buffs named Daniel Lugo, Paul Doyle and Adrian Doorbal (played by Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie respectively). The trio, led by Lugo, would kidnap a local businessman to torture and steal his millions of dollars. During this kidnapping process, these meatheads would make mistake after mistake after mistake. With so many mistakes and trail of evidence, the local police would not even believe the kidnapped victim that a crime actually occurred.
The escaped kidnapped victim Victor Kershaw (played by Tony Shalhoub) hired a detective Ed Du Bois (played by Ed Harris) to track down these kidnappers. The three friends left sizable bread crumbs of evidence for...
Bay directed a true story film about the notorious group called the Sun Gym gang who performed a couple of kidnappings during the mid-1990s. They were comprised of three gym buffs named Daniel Lugo, Paul Doyle and Adrian Doorbal (played by Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie respectively). The trio, led by Lugo, would kidnap a local businessman to torture and steal his millions of dollars. During this kidnapping process, these meatheads would make mistake after mistake after mistake. With so many mistakes and trail of evidence, the local police would not even believe the kidnapped victim that a crime actually occurred.
The escaped kidnapped victim Victor Kershaw (played by Tony Shalhoub) hired a detective Ed Du Bois (played by Ed Harris) to track down these kidnappers. The three friends left sizable bread crumbs of evidence for...
- 4/16/2013
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The author of "Pain and Gain: The Untold True Story" spoke out Friday on HuffPost Live, calling the new movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg an "atrocious" depiction of the true events he endured.
Marc Schiller, whose book was released in January, said he does not approve of the Michael Bay movie's portrayal of the criminals who kidnapped him for a month and subjected him to intense torture. The "Pain & Gain" film presents the criminals, known collectively as the "Sun Gym Gang," in a somewhat lighter, more comedic tone than Schiller finds appropriate based on his harrowing experience.
Schiller was kidnapped after con artist Daniel Lugo, portrayed in the film by Wahlberg, convinced one of Schiller's colleagues that he had stolen money from him -- something Schiller says "was the furthest thing from the truth." In the movie, Lugo and partner Paul Doyle (Johnson) kidnap a wealthy...
Marc Schiller, whose book was released in January, said he does not approve of the Michael Bay movie's portrayal of the criminals who kidnapped him for a month and subjected him to intense torture. The "Pain & Gain" film presents the criminals, known collectively as the "Sun Gym Gang," in a somewhat lighter, more comedic tone than Schiller finds appropriate based on his harrowing experience.
Schiller was kidnapped after con artist Daniel Lugo, portrayed in the film by Wahlberg, convinced one of Schiller's colleagues that he had stolen money from him -- something Schiller says "was the furthest thing from the truth." In the movie, Lugo and partner Paul Doyle (Johnson) kidnap a wealthy...
- 4/12/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Anthony Mackie joins Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg in Michael Bay's "low-budget" action-comedy, set in the world of bodybuilding, titled Pain And Gain. The plot for the project, which is based on a Miami New Times article from 1999, follows a pair of Florida bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Johnson and Wahlberg play the 2 starring characters; Mackie plays a character named Adrian Doorbal, described as "a big-hearted bodybuilder who works out with Wahlberg's character, Daniel Lugo. Doorbal has little to show for his hard work, leading him to get involved with...
- 4/10/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
CineMovie has your chance to see See Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg in the new movie Pain & Gain at an advance movie screening in Los Angeles.
Based on a true story, Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the Sun Gym along with his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him by means of torture. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder from the gang, he hires private investigator Ed Du Bois (Ed Harris) to catch the criminals after the Miami
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Based on a true story, Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the Sun Gym along with his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him by means of torture. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder from the gang, he hires private investigator Ed Du Bois (Ed Harris) to catch the criminals after the Miami
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- 4/9/2013
- CineMovie
"Their American Dream is Bigger Than Yours" is the tagline for the new movie poster Pain & Gain starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Jonson, and Anthony Mackie. Not only are their dreams bigger, but so are their pecks on this new testosterone-heavy one-sheet.
Tony Shalhoub and Ed Harris also star in the true story of extortion and murder in Miami. Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the Sun Gym along with his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him by means of torture. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder from
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Tony Shalhoub and Ed Harris also star in the true story of extortion and murder in Miami. Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the Sun Gym along with his friend Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him by means of torture. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder from
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- 4/6/2013
- CineMovie
Miami — The real-life murder, torture and kidnapping case from South Florida that's behind the coming movie "Pain & Gain" indeed reads like a script – just not a funny one.
The fact that the film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is an action-comedy has angered survivors of the Sun Gym gang's crimes and those who investigated them nearly two decades ago.
"You are talking about real people. And in this particular case, especially when you're talking about the murder victims, these were innocent victims," retired Miami-Dade Police Sgt. Felix Jimenez said.
Zsuzsanna Griga told The Miami Herald that the movie's depiction of the gang as sympathetic bumblers just trying to get ahead is "ridiculous." Her brother and his girlfriend were murdered and dismembered by them.
"It's horrible what happened to them," said Griga, who lives in Hungary. She could not be reached by The Associated Press. "I don't want...
The fact that the film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is an action-comedy has angered survivors of the Sun Gym gang's crimes and those who investigated them nearly two decades ago.
"You are talking about real people. And in this particular case, especially when you're talking about the murder victims, these were innocent victims," retired Miami-Dade Police Sgt. Felix Jimenez said.
Zsuzsanna Griga told The Miami Herald that the movie's depiction of the gang as sympathetic bumblers just trying to get ahead is "ridiculous." Her brother and his girlfriend were murdered and dismembered by them.
"It's horrible what happened to them," said Griga, who lives in Hungary. She could not be reached by The Associated Press. "I don't want...
- 4/4/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Mark Wahlberg can't get enough pool time. At least, that's the impression we get from these exclusive "Pain & Gain" photos (below). Also, Dwayne Johnson loves to shop (with beautiful ladies), Ken Jeong is very fond of himself, and director Michael Bay likes to watch. (Who doesn't?!) In the action-comedy-drama, Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) and Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) get caught up in a kidnapping and extortion plot that, well, doesn't go as planned. The movie also stars Rebel Wilson, Ed Harris, Anthony Mackie, Rob Corddry, and Tony Shalhoub. Peruse our exclusive photos below, and catch "Pain & Gain" when it hits theaters April 26. [click photos to zoom]...
- 4/3/2013
- by Tim Hayne
- Moviefone
The guys of Pain & Gain take gym time to a new level in the film's red-band trailer. Michael Bay’s Miami-set true-crime film follows bodybuilders played by Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson who hatch a plot to kidnap and extort a local crime boss played by Tony Shalhoub. Video: Mark Wahlberg and The Rock Muscle Out, Commit Crime in 'Pain & Gain' Trailer Also featured are Anthony Mackie as a man who is worse for the wear because of his constant steroid use and Ken Jeong as a motivational speaker who inspires Wahlberg’s Daniel Lugo to take
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- 3/28/2013
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Slow Motion? Check. Ludicrous plotline? Check. Cool guys walking away from explosions? Absolutely. All these ingredients have been fired into the new red-band trailer for Michael Bay’s latest film Pain & Gain and the result is a cacophony of humorous mayhem. Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie and Dwayne Johnson will lead the cast for the director in a story inspired by true events. No, really.
Pain & Gain will chart the events surrounding a group of everyday bodybuilders who begin to moonlight as criminals in order to climb the social ranks in Miami. Mark Wahlberg plays fitness fanatic Daniel Lugo who, along with the help of Adrian Dorbal (Mackie) and Dwayne Johnson’s recently released criminal Paul Doyle, looks to kidnap and extort one of the gym’s more affluent members.
What seems generic on paper has been infused with so much testosterone and Bay-isms in the trailer that you may need...
Pain & Gain will chart the events surrounding a group of everyday bodybuilders who begin to moonlight as criminals in order to climb the social ranks in Miami. Mark Wahlberg plays fitness fanatic Daniel Lugo who, along with the help of Adrian Dorbal (Mackie) and Dwayne Johnson’s recently released criminal Paul Doyle, looks to kidnap and extort one of the gym’s more affluent members.
What seems generic on paper has been infused with so much testosterone and Bay-isms in the trailer that you may need...
- 3/27/2013
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The latest trailer for Michael Bay's "Pain & Gain" has arrived, and it's absolutely hilarious. Though Dwayne Johnson's character Paul Doyle, Mark Wahlberg's Daniel Lugo and Anthony Mackie's Adrian Doorbal aren't considered heroes in real life, they definitely look like they will be in the movie based on what we've seen this red band trailer.
The video is for ages 17 and up because of some swearing, violence and a severed toe. It's also much more comedic than the previous "Pain & Gain" trailers released. The use of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' song "Thrift Shop" helps with that, but the new scenes of Rebel Wilson and Ken Jeong make it seem like "Pain & Gain" could be as much a comedy as it is an action movie.
In fact, now we really hope that the actual movie has the same tone as this red band trailer. Bay has made action comedies in the past,...
The video is for ages 17 and up because of some swearing, violence and a severed toe. It's also much more comedic than the previous "Pain & Gain" trailers released. The use of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' song "Thrift Shop" helps with that, but the new scenes of Rebel Wilson and Ken Jeong make it seem like "Pain & Gain" could be as much a comedy as it is an action movie.
In fact, now we really hope that the actual movie has the same tone as this red band trailer. Bay has made action comedies in the past,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Movies Blog
This April, “living the dream” takes on a whole new meaning. Anthony Mackie, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in this red-band preview for Pain And Gain from director Michael Bay. Based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.
Definitely old-school Michael Bay. Check out 1995′s Bad Boys.
Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Bar Paly also star. The film is based on magazine articles by Pete Collins, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and produced by Donald DeLine, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce.
Pain & Gain will have a major presence at WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, April 7, and at WrestleMania Axxess, a four-day interactive WWE fan experience at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., from Thursday, April 4 to Sunday,...
Definitely old-school Michael Bay. Check out 1995′s Bad Boys.
Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Bar Paly also star. The film is based on magazine articles by Pete Collins, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and produced by Donald DeLine, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce.
Pain & Gain will have a major presence at WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, April 7, and at WrestleMania Axxess, a four-day interactive WWE fan experience at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., from Thursday, April 4 to Sunday,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Paramount Pictures has released a new TV spot for director Michael Bay‘s Pain & Gain, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie and Dwayne Johnson. The smallest film in Bay‘s oversized career, the flick is incredibly promising black comedy based on a true story about bodybuilders in Florida who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder. The TV spot starts with Wahlberg saying: My name is Daniel Lugo, and I wanna make America a better place. The rest of the TV spot is below. Pain & Gain opens April 26th, 2013, co-starring Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Tony Shalhoub, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong...
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- 3/23/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Sneak Peek footage from director Michael Bay's upcoming black comedy, "Pain & Gain", based on a true story.
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film is based on a 1999 series of 'Miami New Times' articles by investigative journalist Pete Collins about "...a couple of Florida steroid-abusing knucklehead bodybuilders who become criminals involved in an extortion ring and a kidnapping plot that goes horribly wrong..."
"...'Daniel Lugo' (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the 'Sun Gym' along with his friend 'Adrian Doorbal' (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap 'Victor Kershaw' (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle' (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder,...
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film is based on a 1999 series of 'Miami New Times' articles by investigative journalist Pete Collins about "...a couple of Florida steroid-abusing knucklehead bodybuilders who become criminals involved in an extortion ring and a kidnapping plot that goes horribly wrong..."
"...'Daniel Lugo' (Mark Wahlberg) is a regular bodybuilder who works at the 'Sun Gym' along with his friend 'Adrian Doorbal' (Anthony Mackie). Sick of living the poor life Lugo concocts a plan to kidnap 'Victor Kershaw' (Tony Shalhoub), a regular at the gym and a rich spoiled business man, and extort him. With the help of recently released criminal Paul Doyle' (Dwayne Johnson), the 'Sun Gym Gang' successfully gets Kershaw to sign over all his finances, but when Kershaw survives an attempted murder,...
- 3/23/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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