Not just another steroids movie

In this movie, director Christopher Bell depicts steroids not only for its negative effects, but he also cited some evidences disproving steroids as the cause of several deaths and incidence of aggression.

In this documentary, Bell started the film with his own life story as a gym rat and as a weightlifter who used steroids once. He also included his two brothers, both pro-wrestlers, who have been regular steroids users.

He candidly talks about his brothers, one is a football coach who lies about not using steroids to his students while the other one is a failed pro-wrestler, Mike “Mad Dog” Bell, who now works in their father’s accounting business but still continues to use steroids.

Bell also interviewed several prominent people in the documentary such as Rep. Henry Waxman, the congressman who called the steroids in baseball hearings. The interview made it clear that Waxman was not so knowledgeable about steroids.

According to Bell, Lyle Alzado’s brain cancer was not entirely due to steroids use since the type of lymphoma that affected Alzado was one of those types not commonly caused by prolonged steroids use.

He also showed some evidence that steroids do not cause teen suicides. Another topic he emphasized was that before steroids were banned by congress, medical experts were against its prohibition.

From Bloody Elbow:

Last night I watched Bigger, Stronger, Faster a bracing, no bullshit documentary about steroids. Director Christopher Bell, a gym rat and weightlifter who has tried steroids once starts with the story of himself and his two brothers, both sometime pro-wrestlers, who are unrepentant users.