At long last Michael Bay is moving away from the Transformers franchise– well,temporarily at least– to make something different, and a comedy no less. In Pain and Gain, he casts Mark Wahlberg
, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Anthony Mackie as three Miami meatheads who come up with a scheme to kidnap and extort a local real estate dealer (Tony Shalhoub), and get in way over their heads. We’ve already gotten a glimpse at their bro-ed out fashion, complete with mirrored sunglasses for Wahlberg, but nothing compares to what you’ll see in the latest shot from the set, via Screen Crush:
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Now, I’m not sure at what point you change from being your average juiced-up gym rat to a guy who would barbecue a human hand, but clearly The Rock has crossed that line, and the nonchalance on his face and overall averageness of a barbecue– with lighter fluid from Publix, no less!– contrasts amazingly with the blackened hand at the end of his barbecue fork. What is happening here? I want to know, and at the same time, I want to leave it a mystery in the hopes that there are even stranger surprises in store in the movie.
It’s still hard to know how Michael Bay will handle what’s being called a Coen Brothers-style comedy about dumb people after some money, but this shot seems right out of Raising Arizona, and I sincerely hope there’s more where this came from. Until we find out what’s going on, I’d recommend you stay away from what the Rock is cooking for a while.
(Photo by Brock Miller, Splash News)
