''No Pain, No Gain'' is a 2005 American

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film starring Gus Malliarodakis, Joe Hursley, Julie Strain,

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, Lauren Powers, Toni Ferrai, co-written by Samuel Turcotte and Jodi Lane Baum and directed by Samuel Turcotte.Austin Chronicle
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Plot

The story of a bodybuilder who longs to be respected for his mind. Mike Zorillo, a small town Ohio champion bodybuilder with a genius IQ, journeys to the Mecca of bodybuilding, Los Angeles, determined to beat his nemesis, Jake Steel, with natural science instead of steroids. Far from home, he's confronted by a gym culture of freaks, juicers and Hollywood wannabes. As he pursues his dream, he's also persecuted by the world's largest sports nutrition company, an entity that's hell-bent on destroying him. Against all odds, the honest and driven bodybuilder resolves to win the prestigious "Mr. West Coast" competition as a way to prove himself and his ideas to the world.

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* 2005 films American independent films American sports comedy-drama films 2005 independent films Bodybuilding films 2000s sports comedy-drama films 2005 comedy-drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language sports comedy-drama films English-language independent films {{2000s-US-film-stub