Saturday Movies: Pain and Gain (2013)

Michael Bay seems to be a love him or hate him movie director. I'm neither really. I think the guy definitely has some arrogance issues, but he does know how to make a movie pop with a lot of life with the scenes and colors. I find it odd how the front of this movie feels to in now way depict the 1995 vibe of the movie though. The characters seem way more modernly dressed than at any point in the movie. What helps this movie out so much is the acting. It's Dwayne Johnson in one of his best roles with lots of hilarity.

Summary: Daniel Lugo wants to live the American dream, which can be summed in lots of money for Lugo. When he meets Victor Kershaw at the gym he works at he sees what his idea of the American dream looks like and he wants it. So he enlist two guys, Paul and Adrian to kidnap Victor and begin to torture him into giving them his things.Adrian is blinded by his love for a woman he meets at a doctor's visit, and Paul is a recovering addict who has turned Christian. Ed DuBois is hired to find these guys out though, and he will stop at nothing till he does. This story is based on a true story.

Saturday Movies: Bad Boys (1995)

Michael Bay is known as a few things depending on your view of his movies. He modernized action movies or he killed the genre as you know it. It seems like people are split on his movies, but there is one that many can agree on, Bad Boys. The movie blends humor and action, and even steals a line from the famous tune that was the theme of the most popular reality show of the 90's, Cops.  Most would credit the leads though for making this one of the more popular Michael Bay movies outside of Transformers.

Summary:  When drugs are robbed from security, Michael and Marcus are sent on the case. Michael and Marcus are two different people though, and the clashing of the personalities can make it difficult to work together. Mike is single and still likes to the ladies man, and Marcus is settled down with a wife and children. The guys lead two different lives but a complicated situation is about to make them see things from the other's perspective. One witness has to be hidden, and the only way she way will go into hiding is if she is with Michael, but Marcus is the only one able to rescue her at the moment, so he must pretend to be Michael, this makes Michael have to spend time at Marcus' house as him.