Regissören Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Transformers) återgår till det mindre formatet i den mörka kriminalkomedin ”Pain & Gain” som inspirerats av verkliga händelser. Några kroppsbyggare (bland andra Mark Wahlberg och Dwayne Johnson) försöker tjäna snabba pengar genom att delta i kidnappningen av en rik affärsman. Utpressningen går dock fruktansvärt fel…
Reportaget Pain & Gain i veckotidningen Miami New Times publicerat julen 1999 ligger till grund för filmens manus. Wikipedia har mer info om projektet som legat i Michael Bays pipeline ett tag. Michael berättar mer i sin blogg:
It’s my $26 million dollar film that I’ve had for many years, finally I had a moment to shoot it, and it that was a blast! I filmed it in Miami. Pain & Gain is still in the cutting room.
But what I can say this film is a funny, twisted, true crime story. The people who have seen it say to me it’s totally original in its style. But you guys will be the judges. One thing I do know is studios are now a days so shy to make these type of movies, but I know audiences love to still see them.