Pain & Gain is the new film by Michael Bay. It follows the Sun Gym Gang murders ( which you can read all about here http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/article/the-brutal-crimes-of-the-sun-gym-gang/index.html ) and stars Mark Whalberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. When the film starts you know it is a Michael Bay film. Everything from the shots, to the slow-mo, to the color scheme just screams Michael Bay. I personally really like his films since I find them very entertaining, but the thing with this one is that the subject matter is something very serious and at times Bay makes it feel as if it really isn´t. The film is very entertaining but the subject matter should have been dealt with in a different way. For example: The film focuses on the bad guys, but makes them very likeable and makes it seem as if they are the good guys. You could obviously view this as Bay trying to make the film completely from their point of view, but it seems questionable at times.
Another problem I had was that the movie is way too fast. It is constantly cutting from scene to scene, and focusing on so many different things at the same time. I wish they would have made the movie a bit slower, and not so lightning fast. The actors all do a great job with Dwayne Johnson doing the best job. Also have in made that even the most weird things that happen in the movie actually did happen, which makes the whole film very interesting.
Pain & Gain is an entertaining and interesting film that could have been much better if it was a bit slower paced, and took the subject matter a little more seriously. I would actually recommend watching this just because it is so interesting to know how this whole case happened, and trust me, this is one hell of a weird case. I´m giving Pain & Gain 3/5
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