20. Pain & Gain
Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain told the story of the Sun Gym Gang, a group of bodybuilders who resorted to kidnapping, torture, extortion and murder in order to get rich. It was called, “dumb, shallow, deeply cynical and creatively bereft” by Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers. Perhaps, given that the 2013 movie was based on actual events, it should have approached the material with more respect and nuance.
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