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In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
Director:
Allen Hughes
Stars:
Mark Wahlberg,
Russell Crowe,
Catherine Zeta-Jones
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Stars:
Nadine Velazquez,
Denzel Washington,
John Goodman
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Director:
Bennett Miller
Stars:
Brad Pitt,
Jonah Hill,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Director:
David Ayer
Stars:
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michael Peña,
Anna Kendrick
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
Director:
Gary Ross
Stars:
Stanley Tucci,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Liam Hemsworth
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilder Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. Written by
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Rebel Wilson, an avid nunchucks user, brought her own for the sex scene to "spice things up." See more »
Goofs
The Crown Victoria models used in the movie are second generation that were produced from 1998 to 2011, since the movie takes place in 1995, they should be first generation 1995 1998, or Chevrolet Caprice Classic 2nd generation See more »
Quotes
[from trailer]
Paul Doyle:
We go through with this, nobody gets hurt right?
Daniel Lugo:
No, man! We snatch him, we grab him, signs a few signature, we give him a protein shake! He dunnit even know what happened! I watched a lot of movies Paul, I know what I'm doing!
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Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) and Adrien Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) are the very definition of muscleheads more muscles than brains. Paul Doyle (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is a Christian musclehead who has accepted Jesus Christ as his personal saviour. They believe in the American dream. If other people have what they want, then, therefore, they should get it. That is the full extent of logic that they could exercise. The premise is funny and the film manages to follow through on that promise.
Lugo is the ring-leader, a top-tier body-builder in Miami, and his get rich quick schemes haven't really panned out all that well in the past, but this time, he's going to follow the advice a TV commercial life coach: "Do be a do-er, don't be a don't-er." The film starts off rather slowly, apparently letting the writing speak for itself, but the jokes seem a little off-balance. A little low-key (relatively low-key) and are based on dichotomies between what they're observing and what they're deciding to do.
For a Michael Bay film, there's not much action only one explosion! But the film picks up speed as the muscleheads get further along in their ludicrous plan, and the comedy keeps on coming. They really do say and do the dumbest things, but it's entertaining to laugh at them because they whole-heartedly believe in what they're doing. Or at least Lugo believes in what they're doing; Adrien just doesn't know any better, and Doyle believes in both God and doing more coke whichever gives him the better high in the moment.
"Pain & Gain" is set in the '90s in Miami and although they had a few fluorescent colours and jean shorts, they didn't give us quite as much topical humour as I was expecting. But the film still suits the times with a sort of choppy but glamorous look. Rumour has it that Michael Bay used more longer takes than any of his previous films. I haven't seen any of his recent movies, so I wouldn't know, but this one is way more geared towards the crime-riddled plot and the comedic writing than any action that the director is known for.
There is a strange obsession with male genitalia jokes about real ones, and many shots of fake ones to go along with a few characters' denial of and hatred of homosexuality. I'm not sure what the point of that was. Perhaps that was part of what really happened. Unfortunately, as the narrator says, this is a true story. These muscleheads really are trying to get their piece of the American pie, the stupidest way they know how. It's also too long a straight forward crime comedy has no need to be over two hours long.
The appearance of Ed Harris lends the film some credibility some much needed credibility, and Rebel Wilson adds an extra touch of comedy. Overall, "Pain & Gain" does a decent job of telling a ridiculously true story comedically, and violently, and a little self-indulgently.
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Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) and Adrien Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) are the very definition of muscleheads more muscles than brains. Paul Doyle (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is a Christian musclehead who has accepted Jesus Christ as his personal saviour. They believe in the American dream. If other people have what they want, then, therefore, they should get it. That is the full extent of logic that they could exercise. The premise is funny and the film manages to follow through on that promise.
Lugo is the ring-leader, a top-tier body-builder in Miami, and his get rich quick schemes haven't really panned out all that well in the past, but this time, he's going to follow the advice a TV commercial life coach: "Do be a do-er, don't be a don't-er." The film starts off rather slowly, apparently letting the writing speak for itself, but the jokes seem a little off-balance. A little low-key (relatively low-key) and are based on dichotomies between what they're observing and what they're deciding to do.
For a Michael Bay film, there's not much action only one explosion! But the film picks up speed as the muscleheads get further along in their ludicrous plan, and the comedy keeps on coming. They really do say and do the dumbest things, but it's entertaining to laugh at them because they whole-heartedly believe in what they're doing. Or at least Lugo believes in what they're doing; Adrien just doesn't know any better, and Doyle believes in both God and doing more coke whichever gives him the better high in the moment.
"Pain & Gain" is set in the '90s in Miami and although they had a few fluorescent colours and jean shorts, they didn't give us quite as much topical humour as I was expecting. But the film still suits the times with a sort of choppy but glamorous look. Rumour has it that Michael Bay used more longer takes than any of his previous films. I haven't seen any of his recent movies, so I wouldn't know, but this one is way more geared towards the crime-riddled plot and the comedic writing than any action that the director is known for.
There is a strange obsession with male genitalia jokes about real ones, and many shots of fake ones to go along with a few characters' denial of and hatred of homosexuality. I'm not sure what the point of that was. Perhaps that was part of what really happened. Unfortunately, as the narrator says, this is a true story. These muscleheads really are trying to get their piece of the American pie, the stupidest way they know how. It's also too long a straight forward crime comedy has no need to be over two hours long.
The appearance of Ed Harris lends the film some credibility some much needed credibility, and Rebel Wilson adds an extra touch of comedy. Overall, "Pain & Gain" does a decent job of telling a ridiculously true story comedically, and violently, and a little self-indulgently.