Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain
(2013) [Trailer]
Director: Michael Bay (IMDB)

The Williams brothers are coming at you with a first. Dueling reviews on the same movie... on the same day. We both, along with Papi Williams, went out to the theater together to check out a flick and get in a little bonding time. There wasn't much out we could all agree on except for Michael Bay's newest flick... Pain & Gain. Michael Bay is responsible for the worst movie trilogy of all time... Transformers. After watching those God awful films you would think I would have wrote Mr. Bay off. He did manage to make The Rock and Armageddon, which I enjoyed, so I thought I'd give him another chance.

Synopsis: Based on true events, three muscle bound trainers hatch a plan to rob a rich client of all his money... things don't go according to plan.

I thought Pain & Gain was a decent enough film and entertaining for the most part. It definitely feels like a Michael Bay film... there are lots of models, fast cars, flashy camera angles, and the police look like army soliders. Also... it's set in Miami which is basically the prefect town for one of his films. The story is engrossing and feels like something you'd see in a Coen Brothers film... basically idiots getting deeper and deeper into the shit because of money. The great thing is that most of the film is true, which makes it even more interesting. Wahlberg and The Rock were both pretty good and their partner (not sure his name and I'm too lazy to look him up) was alright as well.

Some of laughs and characters fell flat for me... especially the blond english chick and the guy from Community. The movie is also long and the last 3o mins drags on.

Pain & Gain is worth it, if you're into dark comedies about crime, give it a go.