Re: RATE The Last Movie You Watched.
Pain & Gain. So I ****ing loved this movie. It's the best movie Michael Bay has ever done. There's a story he wanted to tell, and by god, he tells it.
Dwayne Johnson knocks it out of the park with easily his best role.
It's pretty funny. It's not on the level of Transformers humor (although, some of the **** does go there. But it's pretty uncommon.) There's 3 "action scenes". Which consist of 2 minute long chase scenes....so, not an action flick.
While some of the stuff was pretty in your face, such as Lugo testifying in court during the beginning, talking about the American Dream with a big *** American flag hung up behind him....for the most part, it does work. It's a film about characters. And I liked that. A film about 3 dumb **** idiots who do the worst things to people for no real reason. And Bay kept to it. It stays on track the entire film. The only scene you can say moves away from the whole film is the Ken Joeng scene. But even then, it's a sorta important moment for the character.
It's well shot, as usual. Bay employs a lot of his tricks, but they aren't too overt. I loved the scene in Doorball's house. No spoilers. But it worked. Hell, the dude even showed restrain when it came to the more horrific parts. The scene with the chainsaw and Johnson was pretty realistic. You'll see what I mean.
So yeah. The only movie this year next to Spring Breakers that actually entertained me. I throughly enjoyed it. Despite it being a tad too long.