text: Reality also intruded. The oldest brother won a scholarship to a Division I football program, only to find out that without steroids there was no way he could compete with the other players, many of who were also using. The youngest brother was competitive in power lifting but found that without the performance enhancing drugs there was no way to win at the highest levels.
  Chris moved to Venice Beach to be near the epicenter of wrestling and body building in his quest for fame. A telling moment in the film is when he interviews an old timer at the gym who was around when Arnold trained there. The old timer even had a role in the movie “Over the Top”. But now he lives in a van in the gym parking lot, even while he still chases the dream of stardom. You can see in Chris’s face that he wonders if this is how he is going to end up.
  The film does an amazing job of separating the hype and the myth of steroids from the reality. There is no agenda here, the movie is not pro or against but presents a lot of information that forces the viewer to confront his own ideas on the subject. It also tackles the idea of celebrity, heroes, marketing, the supplement industry, and the government’s role in regulating.