But I will remind this film as a story about treason, betrayal in friendship. And not only, because it also suggests the fact that this sport stimulazes homosexuality. It denounces a real aspect of bodybuilding, steroid abuse, and it insists heavily on that point. But if you want to begin training in that sport, maybe this is not the best way to do it watching this movie, I mean. I was also amazed by the transformation of the actor playing Simon, I hardly recognized him after 40 minutes, honestly. It talks about anabolic steroid use in bodybuilding and the dramatic effects on human behavior.
It's not only a film about bodybuilding, as BODYBUILDER was, but a real drama that also speaks about this sport. Craig Fairbrass is outstanding here, for once not in a bad ass role. The study of human relations, human behavior and pulled from an unusual angle. And also an excellent character study, the tale of the transformation of a man, married with a wife with whom he shares nothing at all and who decides to find a purpose to live, besides his stressful job that always pressurizes him towards performance.
