Pain and Gain
for bloody violence, crude sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use.
| Moral Rating: | Extremely Offensive |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Action Crime Thriller Comedy Drama |
| Length: | 2 hr. 9 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2013 |
| USA Release: |
April 26, 2013 (wide—3,277 theaters) DVD: August 27, 2013 |
use of terrible, grisly real-life events as a source for humor
thieves in the Bible: theft, robbery, the two thieves
SEXUAL LUST—What does the Bible say about it? Answer
the great dangers and sin involved in greed (love of money)
dangers in use of steroids to produce muscles
RIGHT & WRONG—How do I know what is right from wrong? Answer
MORAL JUDGMENT—Are we living in a moral Stone Age? Answer
| Featuring |
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson … Paul Doyle Mark Wahlberg … Daniel Lugo Rebel Wilson … Ramona Eldridge Anthony Mackie … Adrian Doorbal Ken Jeong … Johnny Wu Ed Harris … Ed Du Bois Tony Shalhoub … Victor Kershaw See all » |
| Director | Michael Bay —“Transformers,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Armageddon” |
| Producer |
Paramount Pictures De Line Pictures See all » |
| Distributor |
 Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “From director Michael Bay comes ‘Pain & Gain,’ an action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Bar Paly also star. The film is based on magazine articles by Pete Collins, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and produced by Donald DeLine, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce.”
Violence: Extreme—bloody, including dismemberment / Profanity: Extreme—“Jesus” (3), “Jesus Christ” (2), OMG (7), “God” (3), “G*d d*mn” (3), “for G*d’s sakes” (2), “swear to G*d,” “hell” (10), “damn” (3), f-words (over 130), many other vulgar sexual words, and frequent crude language / Sex/Nudity: Extreme—lots of skin (female and male), lots of vulgar sexual talk and jokes, strip club scenes, porn movies, masturbation, sex toys
Are we living in a moral Stone Age? Answer
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See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.
Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3
Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 2
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Deterrents in this movie: • Multiple nude scenes that are very graphic and disturbing • Frequent swearing • Sexual immorality • Lust • Greed • Drugs • Graphic murders involving butchering • Misrepresentation of Christianity (Need I go on?)
I highly recommend staying as far away from this movie as possible.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3