History Trivia / PainAndGain

* DoingItForTheArt: This has been a pet project of Bay's for a while, something he has been wanting to do for years but kept getting pushed to crank out more ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' sequels (the studio rushed them out in two year intervals). All the major players, including Bay, forfeited their up-front fee in order to keep the budget down, instead getting a cut at the box office.

* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Bay did the third Transformers movie just so this movie could get made.

* TheCameo: Wrestling/KurtAngle as an inmate Doyle fights with during his first incarceration. Yes indeed, it's The Rock, fresh off a WWE Championship loss at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' at the time of the film's release, versus someone who was then a mainstay of TNA.

* NamesTheSame: Creator/MarkWahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, who shares the name with an actor, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525240 according to the IMDB]].

* ActorAllusion:
** At one point Paul (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminium bat instead of a wooden one.
** When Creator/EdHarris pretends to be a client at the gym, he says he works in "lawn and garden." He spent several years doing all of the commercial voice-overs and radio ads for Home Depot.

* CreatorsOddball: Creator/MichaelBay, a director known for his over-the-top action films. directing a true-crime/dark comedy film.

* CreatorsOddball: Creator/MichaelBay, a director known for his over-the-top action films. directing a true-crime film.

* TheCameo: Wrestling/KurtAngle as an inmate Doyle fights with during his first incarceration. Yes indeed, it's The Rock, fresh off a WWE Championship loss at ''[[=WrestleMania=]]'' at the time of the film's release, versus someone who was then a mainstay of TNA.

* ActorAllusion: At one point Paul (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminium bat instead of a wooden one.

* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/RebelWilson as a doctor who gets involved with Creator/AnthonyMackie's character, and Creator/TonyShalhoub as an asshole businessman.
** Wrestling/DwayneJohnson almost back out of the role of Doyle, not because it wasn't an interesting character to play but it was so removed from where his comfort zone was. Even as an AntiHero he would still have some noble and heroic qualities so playing someone who goes so far south was intimidating.

* ActorAllusion: At one point Paul (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminum bat instead of a wooden one.
* AllStarCast: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson, and even Peter Stormare as OneSceneWonder.

* TheDanza: Ed Harris plays Ed Du Bois, who is a real person involved with the story.

* NamesTheSame: Mark Wahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, who shares the name with an actor, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525240 according to the IMDB]].

** Rebel Wilson as a doctor who gets involved with Anthony Mackie's character, and Tony Shalhoub as an asshole businessman.

* ActorAllusion: At one point Paul (played by [[DwayneJohnson Dwayne Johnson]]) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminum bat instead of a wooden one.

* PlayingAgainstType: Rebel Wilson as a doctor who gets involved with Anthony Mackie's character, and Tony Shalhoub as an asshole businessman.
** DwayneJohnson almost back out of the role of Doyle, not because it wasn't an interesting character to play but it was so removed from where his comfort zone was. Even as an AntiHero he would still have some noble and heroic qualities so playing someone who goes so far south was intimidating.

* ActorAllusion: At one point in ''Film/PainAndGain'' Paul (played by [[DwayneJohnson Dwayne Johnson]]) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In ''Film/BeCool'', Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminum bat instead of a wooden one.

* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the guys in the prison brawl is Wrestling/KurtAngle.

** The movie is ultimately lambasting the American culture of living in excess and believing someone owes you the life you want to live. Creator/MichaelBay is probably the last director you would think of when it comes to telling that kind of story.

* ActorAllusion: At one point in ''Film/PainAndGain'' Paul (played by [[DwayneJohnson Dwayne Johnson]]) threatens a man with a bat, saying something along the lines of, "I used to use an aluminum one, but then I upgraded to wood." In [[BeCool Be Cool]], Johnson's character Elliot is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8YewhPXx4 ridiculed]] for selecting an aluminum bat instead of a wooden one.

** The movie is ultimately lambasting the American culture of living in excess and believing someone owes you the life you want to live. MichaelBay is probably the last director you would think of when it comes to telling that kind of story.

** The movie is ultimately lambasting the American culture of living in excess and believing someone owes you the live you want to live. MichaelBay is probably the last director you would think of when it comes to telling that kind of story.

* PlayingAgainstType: DwayneJohnson almost back out of the role of Doyle, not because it wasn't an interesting character to play but it was so removed from where his comfort zone was. Even as an AntiHero he would still have some noble and heroic qualities so playing someone who goes so far south was intimidating.

* NamesTheSame: Mark Wahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, who shares the name with an actor, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525240 according to the IMDB]].

* NamesTheSame: Mark Wahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, which shares the name with an actor, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525240 according to the IMDB]].

* NamesTheSame: Mark Wahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, which shares the name with an actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525240 according to the IMDB]].