Pain & Gain. Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a professional body trainer. He has hopes of making it big in life, but a professional trainer doesn't make much in life. He decides to rob a wealthy client of his: Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). He convinces two other body builders to join his cause: Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian Dooral (Anthony Mackie). He also gets his boss involved, John Mese (Rob Corddry) and his girlfriend/stripper, Sorina Luminita (Bar Paly).
This is a movie based on a real life story: highly condensed and re-written from what I read. From what I understand, there were more than just 5 individuals involved in this criminal action. Of course, just like other movies that might condense characters (Zero Dark Thirty), I find this totally acceptable.
But what did I think about the movie? A mess. I hated how many of the characters had narrative moments. I understand perhaps the attempt to make a unique action movie, but it just failed for me.
I will say there was good character development: Daniel wanting success, Paul aspiring for a religious life (though still a cocaine addict who likes to steal money), and Adrian wanting a typical home life.
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