Pain & Gain (Blu-ray + DVD)

Good movie

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.

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 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.

A jarring tonal shift that gets too dark. "Pain & Gain" starts off relatively amusing, despite its grim subject matter, but be prepared to go down a dark hole toward the end. Because it is a true story, Michael Bay really needed to decide what kind of movie he wanted to make. As a viewer, I felt like I was promised one type of film, only to be thrust into a completely different, much uglier one by the finale. It became so unpleasant that I actually had to fast-forward through several scenes.

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!

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!

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

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

article reçu rapidement conforme à la description je recommande excellent film