You don't have to watch this three-part documentary with any trepidation because Arnold Schwarzenegger already inspires either awe or derision even before the first moments of this biography. However, there's no getting around the fact that he is a textbook example of personal reinvention, success fulfillment, and brand management, each aspect driven by his take-no-prisoners dedication. It's an amazing track record to become the world's greatest bodybuilder, then Hollywood's box office champion, and finally (for now) governor of California. Using Arnold to tell his own story seems like a good idea initially, but the force of his personality just doesn't allow for much introspection on his failures or lessons learned. He makes his perspective clear in the third installment where he recounts how public scrutiny uncovered a past marked by inappropriate behavior toward women and an extramarital affair with his housekeeper that led to his son out of wedlock. At the end, one can't help but wonder what Arnold's Act 4 will be. If he had not been born in Austria, I think we know the answer.
