Pain & Gain (Blu-ray + DVD)

Good movie

I thought it was a great movie. It was also funny, well written and it was a true story! Great acting by all! I recommend watching it!

This might be the very best movie to carry the name Michael Bay. When I first saw that name scroll across the screen, I uttered a groan of pain and sorrow...what followed over the next couple hours has led me to conclude that while Michael Bay may stuff his wretched Transformers films to the point of implosion with unnecessary length, robot sex humor, horrid characters, and some of the worst MacGuffins in cinema history, he actually makes good smaller scale films. Along with The Rock and Bad Boys, Pain and Gain shows that Bay can make a good film when it comes to just people interacting with people. Ignore Transformers, ignore garbage like The Island, and go for the smaller-scale Bay films. This one in particular is great. Hilarious, outrageous, and TRUE.

*This is not Elsbeth Chapman, this is her son's review.* This movie was loosely based on the true story, but was well directed and produced. Michael Bay does a good job of putting you into the minds of the characters of the movie. Throughout the movie characters say what they are thinking randomly, but in a good way that compliments the story. Dywane Johnson's role is actually 3 or 4 people compiled into one, why I don't know, but plays as Paul Doyle, who had a more major role than the other men in the gang. The movie has a darker comedy, which to me made the story a little less "depressing" but at the end of the movie it switches to a serious tone and makes a good closure. Mark Wahlberg really does a great job portraying Danny Lugo. Danny Lugo was supposed to be a manipulative person, and Mark's acting nailed it on the head. Anthony Mackie played Noel "Adrian" Doorbal, who was Danny Lugo's right hand man and best friend, but also didn't like being ordered around by Danny. This caused funny arguments throughout the movie. Mackie also did a great job acting. I might say this is Mark's and Mackie's best performances yet. Since Johnson's character is a compilation of 3, it is hard to say how well he portrayed them, but playing as Paul Doyle, Johnson did a good job playing a god-fearing cocaine addict. This movie tells a story about something that really happened, which apparently people hadn't heard of. I feel this movie didn't have a chance as people didn't really understand what Michael Bay was trying to do, which was tell a unbelievable true story, with a little comedy. Acting-5/5 Story-3/5 (The movie story was good, but they shouldn't have changed some of the minor details and stayed a little more true to the story.) Camera work-4/5 (The camera work stood out to me in this movie enough for me to notice it and appreciate it.) Music-5/5 (I forgot to write about this, but the sound track really added to the movie and was probably one of my favorite things about the movie.) All in all I thought this was a cleverly written movie with a great soundtrack and acting skills. It could have been a little truer, but I "enjoyed" the story. This movie is worth at least renting to watch once and if you enjoyed it like me, coming back to amazon to buy it.

I love the way the story is told in this movie. True stories in movies can either be really good or really bad - this was done very well! It has just about every emotion in it and the actors do a fabulous job! I'm not gonna lie, I laughed a lot!

The box was kinda old, and so was the stuff inside the box years old. But I got this for a great deal and got a ton of value for the price.

I am really troubled by this Story and Entertained by the way it was presented. The troubling part is that this is said to be a true story. ***Stop reading if you don't like spoilers.*** The story starts with Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) running from what is an obvious raid on his place of employment, he's hit by a car and then the story flashes back to 6 Months earlier. Daniel is a personal trainer at a local Miami Gym and he comes in contact with a very well to do Colombian-Jewish Entrepreneur. The Entrepreneur's name is withheld to protect the innocent but, needless to say, this guy hires Daniel as Personal Trainer and begins to tell him all about his success in life. Now Daniel attends a Johnny Wu (Never actually happened) seminar where he is convinced he is A doer and only needs to come up with a plan then make it happen. One thing leads to another Daniel recruits his two friends, Paul and Adrian, to come up with a plan of how they're going to take the Entrepreneurs life, money, and property away to make it their own. Needless to say, this whole thing leads to kidnapping, extortion, fraud, attempted murder, a double murder, and two death penalties for 6 months of living the high life. The acting was decent overall but, playing three dumb, homicidal, muscle heads (no this is not an insult to weight lifters, these guys really were dumb) probably isn't all that challenging. The movie itself was actually very entertaining, disturbing, and actually well done. I was given tickets to a screening but, I would have honestly paid to see this movie had I not known what I know now. If you're okay with somewhat morbidly bizarre comedies then you won't be disappointed by this. My biggest struggle with the movie was the glamorization of some very violent and tasteless acts. This is evidenced by the fact Lugo wasn't stupid, some characters were fictional and some were only half fictional and the wife of doorbal actually aided in the cleanup of the two homicides. In other words, Michael Bay and company went out of the way to make this story more funny than it really was. Seriously, there are somethings that cannot be unseen or unlearned and this movie has both of these elements. I would have blissfully enjoyed my suspended reality had they not have flashed across the screen a reminder that it was still a true story amidst two people trying to return a chainsaw with blood and hair on it and the other guy grilling hand that were chopped off their victims. At that point, the movie went from more funny than disturbing to more disturbing than funny. I dunno, call me old fashioned but, I cannot in good conscience laugh at somebody else's misfortune unless, I suspend reality.

I throught it was very funny......and crazy as hell...... at the end when I realized it was a true story I was floored........ There are some really crazy people out there DAMN!!!!!!!!!! But the actors were off the chain....... I loved the movie... Don Johnson was rad!!!!! he is a great actor they all were great.. that movie was crazy....... I would recommend it ......

This story is brilliant marvellous actors on the front line there is no way this movie is going to be boring, Action and comedy mixed together what more do you want. Now two trainers want more than they have got and that's the American dream. Somewhere down the track they get caught up with the criminal enterprise that goes astray, Now with that bit of intelligence there can only be a lot of mistakes along the way. I rated this an A grade plus for the fast paced and fresh ideas that come to light in this movie based on what really happened. The action is great and a touch of comedy that will have you tied up in stitches. Time for your feet up popcorn in hand, try to relax in front of the television with a fabulous movie that will have you sitting upright, taking note of everything going on from beginning to end. Highly recommended and no disappointments, now you can see for yourself and be a judge. Enjoy!

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After seeing the trailers for this I thought it was going to be junk but after seeing it on a whim I am glad I did. An excellent movie that shows us what transpired in the early 90s with the Sun Gym gang (albeit a few things are added in for comedic effect). The fact that for the most part it stays true to the actual story makes it much more compelling and disturbing as the movie goes along. Well worth a watch!

Very funny film, went a bit under the radar - so good.Best thing I've seen Dwayne in

Très bonne comédie un peu loufoque et j'ai bien kiffé tirer malheureusement d'une histoire vraie