The Cynical Historian

Pain & Gain | Based on a True Story (2016x8)

Air date: Jan 25, 2016

Pain and gain the movie is actually more docile than the truth. Michael Bae seems like the perfect director to depict the machismo antics of these guys, but that’s the problem. These are serious crimes, not sympathetic stupidity. Most of the problems arise from Bae’s vulgar sensibilities and ineptitude with subtlety. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/gKZqQXrzI_g related: https://youtu.be/47hk1GDoPNU ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/26/pain_gain_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_the_new_movie_starring_mark_wahlberg.html http://www.slashfilm.com/fou-differences-between-pain-and-gain-and-real-life-and-what-they-say-about-michael-bay/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain#Comparisons_between_the_film_and_actual_events http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/pain-and-gain.php http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/27/true-story-behind-pain-and-gain http://thefilmstage.com/features/the-facts-fabrications-of-pain-gain-how-much-truth-is-in-michael-bays-latest-film/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/pain-gain-real-life-survivors_n_3013245.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Pain & Gain is a 2013 American black comedy crime film directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. The film reunites wrestlers Dwayne Johnson and Kurt Angle. The film is loosely based on a story Pete Collins published in a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles and compiled in the book Pain & Gain: This Is