What is the 2013 movie about a trio of bodybuilders in Florida?

The 2013 movie about a trio of bodybuilders in Florida is *Pain & Gain*.

Directed by Michael Bay, the film stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie as Miami bodybuilders who become involved in kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder while chasing the American dream. Its darkly comic tone contrasts sharply with the brutality of the crimes.

The story is loosely based on the real-life Sun Gym gang, a group of bodybuilders and ex-convicts active in South Florida during the 1990s. Journalist Pete Collins chronicled the case in a three-part series for the *Miami New Times*, which later inspired the film and a book. The movie changes names and dramatizes events, so it should not be treated as a fully accurate account.

A common mix-up is the title’s punctuation: the official film title is *Pain & Gain*, though it is sometimes written as “Pain and Gain.” The name plays on the fitness slogan “no pain, no gain.”