LRA writes: It has been a while since we have gotten something from fabled action director Michael Bay that didn't feature Shia Labeouf or giant robots (nearly 8 years to be exact). His latest feature "Pain & Gain" is in some ways a welcome return to the over the top style of his past features while not being weighed down by the expectations and complications of a franchise with a rabid installed fanbase. But the unfortunate side effect of having someone like Bay at the helm of such a smaller scale production is that he still feels the need to over produce it at every single turn and not let the story simply speak for itself. This is without a doubt the most interesting movie Michael Bay has ever made but sadly that is about the best thing that can be said about it.
You go into a movie thinking the main character is the good guy and then BAM–you had it all wrong.
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