2013 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie I'll start this by saying I'm not the biggest Michael Bay fan in the world. I don't have anything against the man. I've never met him but I've seen most of his films. I find most of his work to be pretty to look at but not very satisfying. The Rock and The Island are exceptions, I unabashedly love The Rock and I enjoyed the hell out of The Island. Why take time out of a review to tell you what I think of a film makers earlier work? Context. I want you the reader to understand that I don't hate or love Michael Bay films, I'm somewhere in the middle. With all that being said, I loved Pain & Gain. This is by far my favorite Michael Bay film to date. Pain & Gain is based on a series of articles that originally appeared in the Miami New Times. Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg) is an ex-convict who has aspirations of being a great man, strike that a great Ameri