Pain & Gain

2013 130 min Comedy, Crime, Action

Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

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IMDb 6.4 RT 49 Metacritic 45

budget $25,000,000 earnings $87,305,549 return 3.5x

director Michael Bay

writers Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

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