Michael Bay has long be known as the explosion guy, the film maker who cares more about making things go boom in as big a way possible, all the while bad jokes are made at the expense of the weak or the effeminate or the bureaucratic, and also while gorgeous women in barely any clothing populate the scenery like so much set dressing. But Michael Bay should be known for something else, and that is for being a guy who makes some of the most hate-filled cinema this side of a Nazi-produced propaganda film.
And “Pain & Gain” is a pretty glorious example of this style of cinema.Continue Reading …