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Pain & Gain

R

Released Apr 26, 2013

2h 9m

Action

Comedy

Drama

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50%

Tomatometer

201 Reviews

47%

Audience Score

50,000+ Ratings

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.

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Critics Consensus

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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alan g

However did this stinker of a movie get made. Uncomfortable situations, poor acting, weak plot.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/24

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Connor S

Sad story with characters that are at times uncomfortably likable.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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KauÃ£ M

The film portrays the characters at times in a very idiotic way, what can save it is the charisma of the actors and scenes that are quite comical, however the film goes on doing the same thing which ends up making it a bit disgusting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Y K

It's a very dynamic and entertaining movie, there's always something happening. P&G has lots of dark humor, vulgar dialogues and scenes. All in all it was nice to watch

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/23

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Michael L

This movie is awesome. Extremely funny, very entertaining, unbelievable story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/28/23

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Brent H

I enjoyed the oldish oldie type or style of narration! Some of the plot points are pretty dark, though, viewers beware... Overall about on par with what everyone else rated this movie at about half likability

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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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

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Pain & Gain: Official Clip - We Made It

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Pain & Gain: Official Clip - No One Calls Me an Amateur

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Pain & Gain: Official Clip - Easy as Robbing a Bank

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Michael Bay
Producer: Donald De Line, Michael Bay, Ian Bryce
Screenwriter: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: De Line Pictures
Rating: R (Crude Sexual Content|Bloody Violence|Drug Use|Language Throughout|Nudity)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $49.9M
Runtime: 2h 9m

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