In 1995, schemer Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a recently released convict who served time
for Medicare fraud. Sun Gym owner John Mese (Rob Corddry) hires him to increase membership and make the gym
more fitness based. Lugo triples the gym's membership within six weeks and
befriends trainer Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie). Doorbal, a bodybuilder, uses steroids, which
render him impotent. Lugo soon lusts after the
earnings and lifestyle achieved by Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a sleazy, new gym member he begins to train
who Lugo believes is a crook. Inspired by motivational speaker Johnny Wu (Ken Jeong), Lugo decides to be a "doer" and hatches
a plan to extort Kershaw for his assets by kidnapping and torturing
him.
Lugo recruits accomplices Doorbal and Paul
Doyle (Dwayne Johnson), a
recently released cocaine-addicted convict who has turned toChristianity. Though Doyle is reluctant to join the team, he
soon caves in after a violent altercation with his priest. This "Sun Gym
gang" unsuccessfully attempts to kidnap Kershaw at home but later
incapacitates him with a taser outside his deli and takes him
to a small warehouse he owns (which is stocked with sex toys). The kidnappers disguise their voices, but Kershaw
identifies Lugo from his distinctive cologne. The scheme goes as planned otherwise: Kershaw makes
calls, under duress, to provide false explanations for his disappearance, gets
his family to move out of state, and signs the documents that transfer his
assets to Lugo. Lugo even bribes John Mese to notarize documents in Kershaw's absence by presenting
documents signed by Kershaw and using Kershaw's money to sponsor the Sun Gym.
The Sun Gym gang is able to collect
Kershaw's money and assets, but they realize releasing him is a bad idea.
Therefore, Lugo concocts a plan to kill Kershaw by forcing him to drink liquor
and crash his BMW, making it appear like a drunk driving accident. When Kershaw
survives the crash, the gang burns the car with Kershaw in it. Kershaw escapes
the blazing vehicle, so the gang runs over his body and leaves him for dead.
Unbeknownst to them, Kershaw survives and is hospitalized. The Sun Gym gang
members spoil themselves with Kershaw's riches. Lugo takes over Kershaw's car
and his home in a ritzy Miami suburb; Doorbal marries his nurse, Robin (Rebel Wilson), and uses his cut to purchase penile erection
treatments; and Doyle abandons his restraints of religion and sobriety and
blows away his money on cocaine and his new stripper girlfriend.
Kershaw reports what happened to the
police, but they are turned off by his unpleasant manner and don't believe his
bizarre story even when he gives them Daniel Lugo's name, particularly because
of Kershaw's blood alcohol level. He then contacts Ed Du Bois, III (Ed Harris), a retired private investigator, who
declines to take the case but warns Kershaw to quickly leave the hospital
before the gang returns to kill him. Kershaw takes his advice and hides in a
cheap motel. Upon reflection, Du Bois takes Kershaw's case and tails the Sun
Gym gang. He visits the Sun Gym and meets with Lugo, who becomes suspicious
after Du Bois mentions Kershaw's name.
When Kershaw furiously calls Mese about his
stolen money, Lugo, Doyle, and Doorbal go to the motel to kill Kershaw but
arrive too late, as he has checked himself out of the motel and is hiding at an
abandoned baseball stadium. When Lugo and Doorbal find out that Du Bois is
paying for Kershaw's room using Du Bois's credit card, they plan to kidnap him
at his home. They arrive and prepare to kidnap Du Bois, but the plot is
thwarted when the police stop by to drop off Du Bois. In order to evade arrest,
Lugo and Doorbal run and jump off the dock into the water. Du Bois gets a
message from Kershaw and goes to the stadium to take him home. Meanwhile Doyle,
who has wasted all of his cut, attempts to rob an armored car. However, dye-packs planted in the money bag explode, and he
narrowly escapes the police, getting his toe shot off. He and Doorbal (who
depleted his share on payments for treatments, his and Robin's wedding, and a
new home) explain to Lugo they need more money, and they propose another
kidnapping.
They target the wealthy Frank Griga (Michael Rispoli), who owns a phone sex operation. After a
promising discussion at Griga's mansion, the gang invites Griga and his wife
Krisztina Furton (Keili Lefkowitz) to Doorbal's home to propose an investment
scheme. Griga insists on meeting with someone more experienced and questions
Lugo's amateurish business savvy. This angers Lugo, who attacks Griga and accidentally
kills him. Krisztina discovers this and tries to shoot Lugo, but Doorbal
injects her with a horse tranquilizer. Lugo and Doyle try to use codes obtained from a
heavily sedated Krisztina to open a safe at her and Griga's home, but the codes
do not work. When Krisztina rouses and tries to escape, Doorbal gives her a
second injection, accidentally causing her to fatally overdose.
Lugo and Doorbal purchase equipment to
dismember the bodies and dump the body parts in several barrels, which they
sink in a secluded lake outside Miami, while Doyle incinerates their hands (on
a barbecue grill) to eliminate their fingerprints. Doyle, realizing what he's
become over the violence and gore, leaves the gang and returns to the priest's
church. The police learn of Griga and Krisztina's disappearances, and with
evidence from Ed Du Bois, they set a plan to arrest the Sun Gym gang. The film
returns to June 17: The police arrest Doyle at the church, Doorbal at home, and
Mese at the Sun Gym. Lugo, also at the gym, spots the approaching police force
and flees. Although struck by a police cruiser, he escapes and heads out by sea
in Kershaw's speedboat. Kershaw and Du Bois deduce Lugo
is going after Kershaw's hidden bank account in Nassau, Bahamas and accompany the police to
capture him. Lugo's pursuers catch up with him and Lugo attempts to escape. Du
Bois shoots him, Kershaw chases Lugo in a car and incapacitates him, and the
authorities arrest him. Lugo is brought back to the United States and stands
trial with Doyle, Doorbal, and Mese. At the trial, Doyle rolls over on Doorbal
and Lugo with a full confession while Robin divorced Doorbal the night before
she testifies against him. Ultimately, the four are convicted.
·
Daniel
Lugo was sentenced to death, plus 30 days for "being an asshole" to a
guard.
·
Adrian
Doorbal was sentenced to death.
·
Paul
Doyle, for his full confession, was sentenced to 15 years, serves 7 years, and
goes free and tries to apologize and converts back to Christianity.
·
John
Mese was sentenced to 15 years and died in prison.
·
Victor
Kershaw's name was changed to protect the survivor.
·
Sorina
Luminita's name was changed to protect the survivor. She's currently not a
movie star.
The movie ends with Lugo's voice saying:
"That's the American dream".
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