Pain & Gain: From New Times Story to Michael Bay Film
In 1999, New Times published a three-part series called "Pain & Gain" by writer Pete Collins. The story revolved around a gang of local bodybuilders with a penchant for steroids, strippers, and quick cash. They later became known as Miami's Sun Gym gang and quickly developed a taste for blood and money.
Now in 2013, director Michael Bay is bringing the story to the big screen starring actors Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Ed Harris.
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Pain & Gain, Part 1FeatureThey were local bodybuilders with a penchant for steroids, strippers, and quick cash. And they became expert in the use of a peculiar motivational tool: Torture.By: Pete Collins -Published: December 23, 1999
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Pain & Gain, Part 2FeatureMiami's Sun Gym gang developed a taste for blood and money. The police could have stopped them before they killed somebody. But they didn't.By: Pete Collins -Published: December 30, 1999
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Pain & Gain, Part 3FeatureA wealthy couple disappears, the slumbering Metro-Dade Police Department awakens, and the ghastly deeds of Miami's Sun Gym gang at last come to an end.By: Pete Collins -Published: January 06, 2000
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Pain & Gain: Where the Real-Life Sun Gym Gang Characters Are NowFeatureBy: Francisco Alvarado -Published: April 04, 2013
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Pain & Gain: Murder, Drugs, and a Major Motion PictureStrousePain and Gain is the latest evidence of a Tallahassee-signed, Hollywood-sealed, Michael Bay/Tom Cruise-delivered film renaissance in South Florida.By: Chuck Strouse -Published: April 26, 2012
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Michael Bay's Pain & Gain Prepares to Film on BiscayneCultistBy: Dana Ballestero -Published: March 20, 2012
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Pain & Gain: Mark Wahlberg's Taking a Beating on SetCultistBy: Dana Ballestero -Published: April 05, 2012
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Greets Fans on Biscayne During Pain & Gain FilmingCultistBy: Swampdog -Published: May 31, 2012
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Michael Bay, Mark Wahlberg, and the Rock Talk Pain & GainFeatureBy: Francisco Alvarado -Published: April 25, 2013
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