Whatever it Takes (1999) from Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy; Greg Wroblewski)

The first thing that strikes you as a bit unusual in this film is the casting. They started with a typical Grade B cops-and-mobsters script about Italian undercover cops infiltrating an Italian mob which is dealing in complex illegal steroids. There is nothing especially ethnic about the script, but the characters are all named Salano and DeMarco and Menardi. When they cast the film, however, they decided to go in a different direction. The part of the lead cop, Neil DeMarco, was assigned to champion kickboxer Don "The Dragon" Wilson. I'm not sure exactly what nationality The Dragon is, but you can wager safely that it isn't Italian.

On the other hand, Wilson looks a lot more Italian than Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, who plays the part of mob boss Paulie Salano. 

I guess it wouldn't have made much difference, except that they made no effort to adapt the script to the cast. For one thing, why not just change the names of the characters? For another, although Williamson is an African-American, he is training "his brother's kid" to be a mobster, and the nephew is played by a typical Mediterranean looking guy! They could easily have changed the script to "his best friend's kid", but they just figured "what the hell" and started the cameras rolling. 

• Fred The Hammer probably came off the best as a cruel guy obsessed with foot care. (Hey, can you blame him for being obsessed with a kickboxer? Kickboxers are a foot fetishist's dream.)
• The Dragon's fight scenes were brief and not very athletic, and the ol' Dragon spent more time fighting baddies with his automatic weapons than with his Feet of Death. Although The Dragon wasn't as athletic as in his younger days, he showed even greater zeal than ever for knocking Vince McMahon off the pedestal reserved for the guy with the least subtle facial expressions. 
• Clay had to work hard to disguise a lot of extra weight, and didn't really take part in the scenes which were physically demanding. The Diceman did have a few funny quips during the film, but the closing credits featured him doing some stand-up material about farmers, which made no sense at all in context. (The story takes place in the inner city)

IMDb viewers were merciless in rating the film a 2.7. I think that's probably too low. While nobody will mistake this for Grand Illusion, it moves along quickly, and adds some humor and characterization. I never fast-forwarded, and the flick has some beautiful fitness babes to look at. I suppose it should be more like a 4.5 - a typical run of the mill made-for-video film, not awful to watch, but not good, with nothing that you haven't already seen before. Just filler for a sleepless night.

You may like it more than the rest of us if you're really into bodybuilding and related fitness issues, since it features wrestlers, fitness babes, body shaping competitions, etc.