Pain & Gain Movie Review

Last night my boyfriend and I went to see "Pain & Gain" in theatres. I'm not usually the type of girl to enjoy action movies, but it was so good! They tied in some comedy, so it kept me laughing and engaged. I don't know if it's just me, but while watching action movies I can't pay attention to the story, I'm so distracted by the explosions, car chases, and guns, I just can't follow along haha.

The story in Pain & Gain was true; Which is insane, there were a few moments where I felt sad and disgusted. Just to think that real people did this stuff, to the innocent is horrible. Most movies are based on a true story, but this was a true story. It is still a big hollywood film, so I became very curious about what was true and what wasn't. I spent the whole bus ride home reading up on the criminals and incidents. This website I found makes many comparisons and corrections against the movie, as well as a quote from Marc Schiller (Played by Tony Shalhoub) himself. He also wrote a book called "Pain and Gain The Untold True Story" which is available on Amazon.

AP Article

The families and friends of the real people involved in this act were not very pleased with the comedic take on this movie. Which is completely understandable. If I was in their place, and heard a big hollywood film was in the works, I'd be scared and very upset. There is no way of knowing how they would portray everyone and what facts they would twist to make their audience happy, just so they could make millions of dollars.

Thank you Scene points!

Besides all of the controversy and the truth, I very much enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to everyone. There isn't too much gore, in my opinion, and for a two hour movie, it doesn't seem so long. Go see it at your local theatre!!

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