Pain & Gain is a movie directed by Michael Bay in 2013 and inspired by the book Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story by Pete Collins, first published in 2013. The movie features Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In 1995, Daniel Lugo is an ex-con hired by Sun Gym owner John Mese to increase membership. Lugo envies the earnings and lifestyle of Victor Kershaw, a member he begins to train, Motivational speaker Jonny Wu inspires him to be a “do-er,” Lugo plans to extort Kershaw for his assets through kidnapping and torture.
Movie vs Book
Year
2013
Minutes
129
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
Year
2013
Pages
78
Book Rate
7.38
S: Goodreads
Book
Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story
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“I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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