This undated publicity photo released by courtesy of Paramount Pictures shows, from left, Dwayne Johnson as Paul Doyle, Mark Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo and Anthony Mackie as Adrian Doorbal in the film, "Pain and Gain," directed by Michael Bay from Paramount Pictures. The film releases in theaters April 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)
Movie review: ?Pain & Gain? is Bay?s nauseating stab at comedy
By Sean P. Means
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Apr 25 2013 01:14 pm ? Updated 8 hours ago"Pain & Gain" is like "Fargo," except that: 1) It?s set in sunny Miami rather than snowy Minnesota. 2) It?s based on a real murder case, so the humorous take on violence is harder to swallow. 3) It?s directed by Michael Bay ("Bad Boys," "Transformers"). It?s comedy as nuanced as a barbell to the head.
The story centers on Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), a success-driven bodybuilder who hatches a plan to kidnap a deli franchise mogul (Tony Shalhoub) and force him to sign his vast wealth over to him and his iron-pumping cronies, Christian convert Paul (Dwayne Johnson) and steroid-injecting Adrian (Anthony Mackie). And since these three have biceps for brains, the plot doesn?t quite go according to plan.
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zero stars
?Pain & Gain?
Opens Friday, April 26, at theaters everywhere; rated R for bloody violence, crude sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use; 130 minutes.
Bay trots out his inner Tarantino, treating the nauseating violence as if it?s just nutty hilarity, and drives home every "joke" with his trademark sledgehammer subtlety. (Oh, and boobies.)
Sometimes you only know it?s a comedy because familiar comic actors ? Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong and Rebel Wilson ? pop up amid the mayhem.
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