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metronews.ca WEEKEND, April 19-21, 2013
Criminal comedy of errors Pain & Gain. Director Michael Bay takes a wild true crime tale and turns it into a darkly funny film Liz Brown
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Halfway through his latest film, director Michael Bay deems it necessary to remind the audience that what they’re watching is still based on a true story. The intertitle comes as the story descends into the surreal — Dwayne Johnson grills human hands, Mark Wahlberg hacks up a body in Calvin Klein underwear and Anthony Mackie tangles a chainsaw in human hair as he tries to decapitate a corpse. Aside from a few creative liberties, everything in Pain & Gain did happen in Miami in the mid-90s, when a couple of bumbling bodybuilders came up with a get-rich quick scheme that involved kidnapping, ex-
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tortion and eventually murder. The real-life criminals — Daniel Lugo and Noel Doorbal — now sit on Florida’s death row. Bay pulled the story from a three-part crime series by Pete Collins that was published in the Miami New Times in 1999. The series outlines the missteps Lugo and Doorbal took, from trying to return a bloodied chainsaw to Home Depot, to failing to ensure one of their intended victims was actually dead — after they blew him up in a car and then ran him over twice. It’s hard to deny the story is darkly funny, something seem-
ingly pulled from the brain of Quentin Tarantino, with torture scenes in warehouses filled with sex toys. But the fact that it’s been turned into a crime comedy doesn’t sit well with some people — including one of the victims, Marc Schiller, who last week told the Huffington Post he was “appalled” at the film. But Bay was expecting mixed reactions to the movie. “I want people to be conflicted (when they see this film),” he says. “I want to show a lot of grey areas. When you return a chainsaw that you’re
trying to cut a body up with — with hair in it — to Home Depot, to get a bigger chainsaw, you don’t think that’s kind of funny? It’s not your cookie cutter movie.” It’s smart storytelling, according to Johnson, who plays a character that was a composite of two real men who played lesser roles in the crimes. “In the beginning you want to go on the journey with these guys; they’re kind of likeable, but at the end, all that gets thrown out the window and you’re happy and satisfied that they get punished,” he says.
These pages cover movie start times from Fri. apr. 19 to Thurs. apr. 25. Times are subject to change.
Rocky Mountain Express (STC) Fri-Sat 1-3:30-7 Sun 1-3:30-8:15 Tue-Thu 1-3:30-7
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The Call (14A) Fri-Sun 10:20 Mon-Thu 9 The Croods (G) Sat-Sun 1 The Croods 3D (G) Fri 6:30-9:15 Sat-Sun 3:25-6:30-9:15 Mon-Thu 6:10-8:35 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG) Sat-Sun 2:10 G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D (PG) Fri 7:3010:05 Sat-Sun 4:45-7:30-10:05 Mon-Thu 6:05-8:40 Home Run (PG) Fri 7-9:40 Sat-Sun 12:55-3:35-7-9:40 Mon-Thu 5:25-8 Star & Strollers Screening Wed 1 The Host (PG) Fri 7:25-10:15 Sat-Sun 1:35-4:35-7:25-10:15 Mon-Thu 5:35-8:20 Star & Strollers Screening Wed 1 Identity Thief (14A) Fri 7:15-9:50 Sat-Sun 1:45-4:25-7:15-9:50 Mon-Thu 6:25-8:55 It Takes a Man and a Woman (G) Fri 6:509:35 Sat-Sun 1:10-4-6:50-9:35 Mon-Thu 5:40-8:20 Oblivion (PG) No Passes Fri 7:05-10 No Passes Sat-Sun 1:25-4:15-7:05-10 No Passes Mon-Thu 5:55-8:50 Olympus Has Fallen (14A) Fri 6:45-9:30 Sat-Sun 1:20-4:05-6:45-9:30 Mon-Thu 5:50-8:30 Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Fri 6:35-9:55 Sat-Sun 12:45-3:40-6:35-9:55 Mon-Thu 5:20-8:10 Safe Haven (PG) Fri 7:40 Sat-Sun 2-4:557:40 Mon-Thu 6:20
Galaxy Cinemas Normanview S.C. 420 McCarthy Blvd. N. Unit
42 (PG) Fri 4-7-9:55 Sat-Sun 1-4-7-9:55 Mon-Tue 7-9:55 Wed 7-10:25 Thu 7-9:55 Balto (STC) Sat 11 The Croods (G) Sat-Sun 12 The Croods 3D (G) Fri 5-7:30-10 Sat-Sun 2:30-5-7:30-10 Mon-Thu 7:25-9:50 Evil Dead (18A) Fri 5:35-8:05-10:25 Sat-Sun 12:50-3:15-5:35-8:05-10:25 Mon 7:55-10:15 Tue-Wed 7:55-10:10 Thu
Paradise Cinema 1011 N. Devonshire Dr.
Escape From Planet Earth (G) Fri 7:10 Sat-Sun 1:30-4-7:10 Mon-Thu 7:10 Identity Thief (14A) Fri-Thu 9 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG) Fri 7-9:15 Sat-Sun 1:10-3:50-7-9:15 MonThu 7-9:15
Golden Mile 3806 Albert St.
Chadwick Boseman plays Jackie Robinson in 42. handout 8:20-10:15 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG) Sat-Sun 12:05 G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D (PG) Fri 5:25-810:35 Sat-Sun 2:45-5:25-8-10:35 Mon 10 Tue-Wed 7:40-10:15 Thu 10 Jurassic Park 3D (PG) Fri 4:20-7:20-10:20 Sat-Sun 1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20 Mon 7:109:30 Tue-Wed 7:10-10:05 Thu 7:10-10:35 The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Encore (STC) Wed 6:30 Oblivion (PG) No Passes Fri 4:15-7:1510:10 No Passes Sat 11:10-1:15-4:15-7:1510:10 No Passes Sun 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:10 No Passes Mon-Thu 7:20-10:10 Olympus Has Fallen (14A) Fri 4:55-7:5010:35 Sat 2-4:55-7:50-10:35 Sun 4:55-7:5010:35 Mon-Tue 7:35-10:20 Wed 9:55 Thu 7:35-10:20 Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Sat-Sun 1:45
Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (PG) Fri 4:30-7:35-10:30 Sat-Sun 4:40-7:35-10:30 The Place Beyond the Pines (14A) Fri 4-7:05-10:15 Sat-Sun 12:35-3:45-7:0510:15 Mon-Thu 7:05-10:20 Royal Opera House: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Encore (STC) Sun 12:55 Scary Movie V (14A) Fri 5:30-7:45-10:05 Sat 12:45-3:10-5:30-7:45-10:05 Sun 12:152:35-5:30-7:45-10:05 Mon 7:50-10:05 Tue-Thu 7:50-10 Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (G) Thu 7:30
Kramer IMAX Theatre 2903 Powerhouse Dr.
Flying Monsters 3D (STC) Fri-Sat 2:154:45-8:15 Sun 2:15-4:45-7 Tue 2:15-4:458:15 Wed 2:15-4:45 Thu 2:15-4:45-8:15 No Films Showing Today (STC) Mon
21 and Over (14A) Fri-Thu 9:50 Django Unchained (14A) Fri-Thu 1:154:30-8:45 Happy Feet Two (G) Sat-Sun 1:30 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG) Fri-Thu 1:30-3:55-7-9:40 Jack the Giant Slayer (PG) Fri-Thu 1:253:50-6:50-9:35 Life of Pi (G) Fri-Thu 1:10-3:45-6:40-9:20 Quartet (PG) Fri-Thu 1:40-4:05-6:45-9:45 Sadda Haq (14A) Sat 3:30-6:30 Sun 6:30 Silver Linings Playbook (14A) Fri 1:153:45-6:35-9:25 Sat-Sun 6:35-9:25 MonThu 1:15-3:45-6:35-9:25 Snitch (PG) Fri 1:20-3:50-6:30-9:30 Sat 1:20-9:30 Sun 1:20-3:50-9:30 Mon-Thu 1:20-3:50-6:30-9:30 Wreck-It Ralph (G) Fri-Thu 1:35-4:057:05 Yogi Bear (G) Sat-Sun
Regina Public Library Film Theatre 23 11 12th Ave., 306-777-6104
The Gatekeepers (PG) Fri 9:30 Sat 7 Sun 9:30 Lunarcy! (STC) Thu 9 No (PG) Thu 7 No Films Showing Today (STC) Mon-Tue Wednesday Plus (STC) Wed 7 West of Memphis (14A) Fri 7 Sat 9 Sun 7