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IMDb rating 6.4
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Critic rating 5.8

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Critic Simon Abrams
rated 5

...irrepressibly sleazy, frequently exhausting and sometimes as bitterly funny as its creators think it is.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Mark Dinning
rated 6

...a true-life crime story that’s inconsistent and frenetic, but also funny and wilfully outrageous.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

Mark Wahlberg shines in a crazy crime caper about bumbling bodybuilders hellbent on kidnap and personal growth.

Read full review at The Guardian
Oskar Sardi
rated 7

"Based on a true story." Om det här ligger nära sanningen om vad som hände så är det helt galet :)

1 year ago
Critic Martin Wolsgaard
rated 7

At 'Pain & Gain' fungerer både action- og komediemæssigt skyldes i høj grad Dwayne Johnson (...) i Pain & Gain stjæler han billedet som bodybuilder, narkovrag og genfødt kristen.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Flemming Kaspersen
rated 5

...'Pain & Gain' er en af de mest ubehageligt sadistiske mainstreamfilm i lang tid!

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Michael Bay
Director
Peter Stormare
As Dr. Bjornson
Ed Harris
As Ed DuBois
Tony Shalhoub
As Victor Kershaw
Ken Jeong
As Johnny Wu
Dwayne Johnson
As Paul Doyle
Mark Wahlberg
As Daniel Lugo

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"Pain & Gain" is a crime comedy film directed by Michael Bay, based on a true story. The movie follows the adventures of a group of bodybuilders who kidnap a wealthy businessman and extort him for his assets, but things don't go as planned. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Anthony Mackie as the main protagonists, the film takes a dark and comedic look at the criminal underworld of Miami in the 1990s. With a cast of colorful characters, including a corrupt gym owner, a stripper girlfriend, and a retired private investigator, "Pain & Gain" is a wild and entertaining ride full of unexpected twists and turns.

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Pain & Gain was released in theaters on April 26, 2013.