Bigger, Stronger, Faster

At first glance you might think this is a reality show rip-off style docu that glorifies the Hulk Hoganization of America. After the first few minutes it becomes apparent Bigger, Stronger, Faster has a much more sophisticated agenda. Filmmaker Christopher Bell uses his brothers devotion to body building to explore the use of steroids. Before this movie ends you're already making a mental list of all the people you know who use performance enhancing substances: everybody from your school friends who use Adderall to, well, does anybody know local resident Roger Clemens?
On a personal note I worked on an H.E.B. commercial a couple of years ago and was standing next to Clemens. It was like the time I met Dwayne Johnson - you're a puny human (I am six foot tall, and 165 pounds.) standing next to a specimen of physical perfection. I'm not saying Clemens uses steroids, but in Bigger, Stronger, Faster there are many athletes who are outed by Jose Canseco, the truth of which may or may not turn out to be verified in the long run.
Bell culls great newsreel footage to illustrate the Russians use of steroids to bolster their athletes during the cold war. Well you know what a pissing contest that was. A corollary to that is Air Force pilots using uppers to complete long flights. When you see the biceps of one muscle bound dude you will recoil in revulsion if not fear. His upper arms look like one of those Popeye cartoons where the muscles becomes rocks or tanks.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster points its cameras at both sides of the steroid debate. Pro and con are discussed with rationality and educated insight. There's even a steroid 101 course midway through. This film strikes a topical note, even more than the ecological warning films. We as humans are at the point in our evolution where we can now decide to become medically enhanced and society really seems to see nothing wrong.