Documentary Movie Review: Bigger, Stronger, Faster: More than Flex in the City; A REAL Documentary that Presents Serious Questions and Answers!

While Sex and the City has been rocking the female world, there is now a movie to rock the guy's world-- Flex and the City .

While we love to have the most toys, the hottest cars, the hautest dresses, biggest bling and root for winners in all sectors (business, sports, war, games), it would seem that as a nation, the US seems to thrive in defining itself as "the biggest, baddest, best" . Is it surprizing that many of our heros are enhancing their performances and/or bodies with drugs?

Christopher Bell -before and after

The producers of Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 have released a film that provides a seriously deep exploration into the US "win-at-all-cost" ethos and culture via the tale of a personal journey. Blending comedy and pathos, BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* marries pop culture, animated sequences and first-person narrative featuring an extremely diverse cast that includes US Congressmen, professional athletes, medical experts and everyday gym rats.

Big Will Harris and Christopher Bell

 The heart of the story is really about director Christopher Bell and his two brothers, who grew up idolizing muscular giants like Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Idolizing and maybe obsessing about them so much that they became part of the steroid-subculture to achieve that American "dream" (query-- is that a dream or a nightmare?) What happens when you find that your heroes have all broken the rules: do you lose faith? Do you question the ethics? Do you follow the "right" path or do you follow your heroes-- whether they 'fess up or deny it till the end?

Carl Lewis

 ALL Photos Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

 Here's a trailer of the movie-- and this should be an interesting film that guys might really want to see and for teens to see particularly as they are the most susceptible to this drug phenomenon.

 The trailer has been uploaded to gather.com here Bigger Stronger Faster

RELEASE DATE: May 30, 2008 (NY and LA) Wider distribution: 6/6/2008 as show on this website:

http://magpictures.com/dates.aspx?id=48db8965-609f-4af6-b9c0-946e1be94759

WEBSITE http://www.biggerstrongerfastermovie.com/A serious movie with a serious message and you should take it seriously.

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