Movie review: Pain and Gain

By News Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2013 10:39:13 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson flex their muscles and redefine how to achieve their dreams in a new crime comedy based on true events. Film critic Leslie James finds “Pain and Gain” a strain.

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