This film is an excellent examination of the use of performance-enhancing drugs within American culture and how being "natural" at sports, competition, and war is not good enough anymore, and how America as a nation has become obsessed with winning at all costs. The film goes through the personal journey of Chris Bell and his other two brothers who grew up idolizing the heroic muscle-men who taught them to never cheat and to play by the rules, but as they got older they realized that their heroes were far from ideal and that "everybody cheats." The film presents both sides of the ethical perspective on whether or not steroid usage is ultimately okay, but leaves the viewer with a sense of being cheated by all the accomplishments that were awarded to these people who were on these enhancement drugs. By the end of the film you get a sense of how fake anything in front of a camera is and a frightening reality check on how far we are willing to push the envelope, and whether or not we will ever draw the line.
http://www.biggerstrongerfastermovie.com/
Here's the official trailer taken off the website:
**Mike Bell, (Chris Bell's older brother) actually passed away recently so the message of the film becomes even more powerful.
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