Pain and Gain review

Obviously Pain and Gain had amazing box office collections in USA! Unfortunately, it didn't do as well around the globe but that does not matter one bit. This film is a true story (as specified many times during the movie) and is very well directed, shown quite well on the silver screen by director Michael Bay. I'll keep this review short and straight to the point. "Pain and Gain, which Bay and Bay alone was capable of directing, seizes on this image of his country and thrashes about with it dementedly; along with comedy dismemberings, farcical GBH and the barbecuing of human hands, the movie offers the equally gruesome spectacle of a metaphor being clubbed to death."

The idea of America as a musclebound nation, psychotically devoted to self-improvement, has some merit as a throwaway conceit — the sort of thing a Scorsese or Oliver Stone might toss into one of their bloody epics as a grace note. What should be clear by now is that grace notes are not really Michael Bay’s forte. His films usually involve brilliant action sequences so this does seem like a change of pace for him, and he accepts this challenge with open arms.

As this film goes through the motions, you never seem to be unengaged with the characters (yes, that was a double negative). Mark Wahlberg plays his role of  fitness 'freak' Daniel Lugo brilliantly well while beautifully anchoring the film through its various twists and turns.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson does Paul Doyle's character justice with his wonderful portrayal that makes us feel sorry for Dwayne's personality in the film. The emotional and comedic scenes were also excellently captured and spectacularly laid down on the silver screen by Mr. Bay.

Other supporting cast of Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris and many others did the best job they could , even though they did not do brilliant, which does not mean they did not do good!

Inspired by a true story (and also IS A TRUE STORY), this film has a brilliant storyline which is completely unique due to its factual nature and witty and fast paced screenplay will blow your mind away! It seems like a line that should have been in the "Now You See Me" review but Pain and Gain does bring an amazing plot come to life for the audience.

Unfortunately, the film recognises the true story part more than once, which may lead some viewers, slightly unimpressed. This is due to the emphasis on the "true", at least three times in this 2 hour film.

The visual effects used in the film, make you feel as though you are actually in the film.. Living it as you go on with your own life! Cinematography is exquisite. The cleanliness in the way the film is shot is extremely good, but not in competition with Bay's previous works "Transformers" and "Armageddon"

This film has its bad points like the vast use of curse words (which isn't usually a problem in rated 15 movies but this was quite over the top)... still this film does amaze in its story!:) It seems like a line that should have been in the "Now You See Me" review but Pain and Gain does bring an amazing plot to life for its targeted audience.

RATING SYSTEM

Performance 8/10

Direction 7/10

Story/Script 7/10
Action 7/10

Music/Soundtrack 5/10
Cinematography 7/10

I give this film 6.83/10 "6.83 out of 10"
Rating: Great Story! Must Watch! (But never again)!