Generation Iron

2013 • 107 minutes

About this movie

This critically acclaimed documentary follows seven larger-than-life competitors vying for glory in the 2012 Mr. Olympia, the ultimate bodybuilding contest that catapulted Arnold Schwarzenegger into stardom. From the producer of the acclaimed classic PUMPING IRON and narrated by Academy Award®-nominee Mickey Rourke (THE WRESTLER), this true story of dedication, rivalry, victory, defeat, and triumph follows an array of magnificent bodybuilders as they prepare for, then participate in, the Olympia showdown in Las Vegas. These athletes include 2011 Mr. Olympia winner Phil Heath, Brooklyn underdog Kai Greene, Texas maverick Branch Warren, Japanese expatriate Hidetada Yamagishi, Germany's Dennis Wolf, Curacao-born Roelly Winklaar, and the forward-thinking Ben Pakulski. Featuring Schwarzenegger (THE EXPENDABLES FRANCHISE), Lou Ferrigno (THE INCREDIBLE HULK), and Michael Jai White (THE DARK KNIGHT, FAST & FURIOUS 7).

Ratings and reviews

The illusion that these chemically-altered humans are athletes is kept alive. Without their chemicals, they're nothing. If you're expecting a serious documentary, this isn't it. It's as fake as the original Pumping Iron. Which was awesome...at a time when we didn't really KNOW they were all juicing, or syntholing.

Cool flick but pumping iron is still the bomb. I love when big lou's father says.....what a work out and lou looks at him like WTF! Priceless

This documentary really prospers in the fact that it shows you the true identity and personality of each of the big and the not so big names in the Mr. Olympia competition. Also never gets boring.