Pain & Gain (2013) 8/10

Starring : Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, Michael Rispoli, Rebel Wilson, Ed Harris
Director : Michael Bay
Running Time : 130 mins

A trio of body builders, lead by personal trainer Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg), come up with a plan to kidnap on of Daniel’s clients, Victor Kershaw (), and force him to sign over all of his money to them but, due to their lack of brainpower and reliance on muscle and drugs, the three soon find their plan falling apart around their ears.

I was surprised to see this was a Michael Bay movie, what with this being more of a heist movie than the usual action flicks we’re used to from him in recent years. Not only that, but this is genuinely funny, which makes it all the more unbelievable that this is based on true events. The leads do a splendid job as the unbelievably inept criminals who have what could be a good idea but handle it so badly that it couldn’t help but fail. This is a great flick that manages to be both funny and exciting without diminishing in any way.

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