{{Infobox film | name = Pain & Gain | image = Pain & Gain film poster.jpg | alt = Three musclebound men standing in front of a large American Flag | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Michael Bay | screenplay = Christopher MarkusStephen McFeely | based_on = | producer = | starring = | cinematography = Ben Seresin | editing = | music = Steve Jablonsky | studio = | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = | runtime = 129 minutes<ref name=BBFC>{{cite web|title=Pain & Gain' (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pain-gain|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130504222320/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pain-gain|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 4, 2013|work=British Board of Film Classification|date=April 30, 2013|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $26 million | gross = $86.2 million }}Pain & Gain is a 2013 American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. It is based on the activities of the Sun Gym gang, a group of ex-convicts and bodybuilders convicted of kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder in Miami in the mid-1990s. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely's screenplay is adapted from a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles by Pete Collins, which were compiled in the book Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story, released concurrently with the film. The film's title is a play on a common adage frequently used in fitness: "No pain, no gain". Released on April 11, 2013, Pain & Gain received mixed reviews, praised for its script but criticized for the violence, directing, and historical inaccuracies. Against a $26 million budget, the film grossed $86 million worldwide. Sun Gym gang victim Marc Schiller (depicted in the film as 'Victor Kershaw') sued the production company over his portrayal. Plot In 1994, ex-con and bodybuilder Daniel Lugo is hired by Sun Gym owner John Mese as a manager. Lugo befriends trainer and bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal, rendered impotent from steroids. He envies the earnings and lifestyle of Victor Kershaw, a member he begins to train. Inspired to be a "doer" by a motivational speaker, Lugo plans to extort Kershaw for his assets. He recruits Doorbal and manipulates Paul Doyle, another ex-con and born again-Christian struggling with drug use, into blindly playing along. The "Sun Gym gang" kidnaps Kershaw, taking him to a small warehouse. Although Kershaw identifies Lugo, the scheme proceeds as planned. Under duress, Kershaw makes calls to provide explanations for his disappearance and transfers his