Pain & Gain
2013 American film by Michael Bay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pain & Gain is a 2013 American action comedy film[3][4] directed by Michael Bay and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, loosely based on a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles by Pete Collins about the activities of the Sun Gym gang, a group of bodybuilding ex-convicts convicted of kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder in Miami in the mid-1990s.[5][6] It stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. The title is a play on the common fitness adage "no pain, no gain".
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Directed by | Michael Bay |
Screenplay by | Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely |
Based on | Pain & Gain by Pete Collins |
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Cinematography | Ben Seresin |
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Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 129 minutes[3] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $26 million |
Box office | $86.2 million |
The film received mixed reviews; it was praised for its script and performances, but criticized for its directing, historical inaccuracies, and overreliance on violence. It was a commercial success, grossing $86 million worldwide against a $26 million budget.[7][8] Marc Schiller, the Sun Gym gang's primary victim who was depicted in the film as Victor Kershaw, sued the production company over his portrayal.[9][10]