Review of Pain & Gain (2013) by Luke P — 07 Jan 2014

This is one of the most interesting films I've seen in a while. This is due to the fact the film is based of a true and very disturbing story, but the film acts out the events as a dark comedy. Which may sound good on paper.

However since this is all real life and real people died. It comes off disrespectful. However, regardless of that, I still enjoyed the movie. Mackie, Johnson and Wahlberg are all great together and the film is very stylish.

Though Michael Bay probably wasn't the best choice of director because he isn't able to cope with the sudden changes from comedy to drama very well. This is a film people will love for it's stylish looks or hate it for it's treatment of the real life events.