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Pain & Gain (2013) 6.9
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6.9/10 from 11,045 users
Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 80 user | 104 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Director:Michael Bay |
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| Mark Wahlberg | ... | ||
| Dwayne Johnson | ... | ||
| Anthony Mackie | ... | ||
| Tony Shalhoub | ... | ||
| Ed Harris | ... | ||
| Rob Corddry | ... | ||
| Bar Paly | ... | ||
| Rebel Wilson | ... | ||
| Ken Jeong | ... | ||
| Michael Rispoli | ... |
Frank Griga
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| Emily Rutherfurd | ... |
Carolyn 'Cissy' DuBois
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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 napierslogs
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Rated R for bloody violence, crude sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 April 2013 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dolor y dinero See more »Filming Locations:
Miami, Florida, USABox Office
Budget:
$26,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,244,505 (USA) (26 April 2013)Gross:
$47,505,930 (USA) (21 May 2013)Company Credits
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Victor Kershaw: I'm a self-made man. I've made a lot of money!
Daniel Lugo: Why don't you spend some of it on salads?
Victor Kershaw: You know who invented salads? Poor people!
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Director Michael Bay wanted Mark Wahlberg to be as tan as possible. So Mark Wahlberg, throughout filming, had to get a full-body fake tan every week for the movie. See more »Goofs
The gang used what looked like an M26 TASER against Victor in 1995 but the M-series TASER was not released until 1999. Although, they did release an earlier version of the TASER in 1994 but it was not the one used in the film. See more »Quotes
[from trailer]Victor Kershaw: I'm a self-made man. I've made a lot of money!
Daniel Lugo: Why don't you spend some of it on salads?
Victor Kershaw: You know who invented salads? Poor people!
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Watching Pain&Gain today I was thinking that this film could have been handled as a straight drama. But given the absolutely preposterous nature of this true story I think playing it as a black comedy was the only way to go.
The film reminded me a whole lot of Fargo with a bit of Casino and Goodfellas thrown in. Three bodybuilders who become jealous and resentful of the wealthy clients they have at a health club they work at conceive of a plan to rob one they truly think is an obnoxious rich fool. That client Tony Shalhoub is just that is besides the point, these guys are like the hired criminals in Fargo and everything that can go wrong does. This film is exponential Murphy's Law. And Shalhoub proves to be tougher than these he man can imagine.
The three muscle bound Moriartys are Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Their back stories are provided with their own narration as Scorsese did in his crime classics, but these guys have results like Fargo though not at first. Their own weaknesses in the end defeat them.
Pain&Gain is laced with humor with a dash of pathos in as far as the criminal masterminds are concerned. They've sculpted themselves into the bodies beautiful and such Adonis/Apollo features deserve the best that life can offer. They think some cosmic joke is being played on them that an arrogant little worm like Tony Shalhoub should have so much wealth with all the big boy toys he can possess because of same. So Wahlberg, Mackie, and Johnson resolve to fix things as a matter of justice and entitlement.
I think if you have a quirky and bizarre sense of humor and a jaundiced view of life, you'll go for Pain&Gain.