Pain & Gain is an unpleasant film to watch, start to finish. I am not a big fan of Michael Bay's work, particularly because of all the problems Pain & Gain illustrates. Bay tends to focus more on style than story or substance.
The way the movie is filmed is interesting, very Miami with bright, nauseating colors and glitz. I could not believe it was based on a true story and I can see how it was hard to choose the tone of the film. Pain & Gain can be classified as a black comedy. Three fitness junkies come up with a plan to make quick money by kidnapping and torturing a mogul. They are inept at everything and the film goes on from there. There is no one to root for as all the characters are unlikable and unsympathetic.
Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) try to provide some comedic effect. Where the film fails is taking too much joy in the violence it shows, making the movie seem like it is on the substance Johnson's character, Paul Doyle, becomes addicted to. This makes the movie seem like a bundle of absurdity and leaves us with the questions, why and what was the point?
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