Jay plays an amicable, monosyllabic lunk. Always feels cheated.
Lavrone gets his first meaty lead role, with hair dyed dirty blond. His current bodyweight is perfect.
Ferrigno's part of an ensemble cast, plays the "good" bodybuilder with a conscience.
Buddy Ebson would have been a natural as Joe Weider.
In a plot twist, Lavrone decides to "give back to society" after previous prison time, visits Tookie Wilson.