GBW #50: Down by the Bay (Pain & Gain / 6 Underground / Bad Boys II)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, with the recent release of "Ambulance," Ryan and Chris look back on the career of Michael Bay, specifically through the vulgar auteurist's R-rated features (not only because of "Ambulance's" R-rating, but because nearly all of his PG-13 films - which includes five "Transformers" flicks - are rank). We start with 2013's "Pain & Gain," which is essentially Bay's version of "Fargo" meets "Goodfellas" but also a dead-bang critique on American greed and idiocy. Then, we move into 2019's "6 Underground," a franchise non-starter with a couple good action scenes but an irritating structure and nonsensical storyline. Lastly, we discuss a film that is as masterful as it is vile (though some may argue those descriptors are simpatico): 2003's "Bad Boys II."

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