Over the Top

1987 94 min ★ 6.5 Action, Drama

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

Bob "Bull" Hurley

David Mendenhall

Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

Chris McCarty

Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

Ruker

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Collins

Magic Schwarz

Smasher

Details

Director

Menahem Golan

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Tagline

"Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$16,057,580

Production

The Cannon Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Golan-Globus Productions

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

★ 10/10

I guess someone at Canon sat down and said "You know what, there are not enough movies about arm wrestling out there, we can pin the market on it." And they kind of did, I have never seen a movie about arm wrestling since... or before. In fact, this is the only one. But, it also as a decent soundtrack in an 80s action flick kind of way. And, it tells a good story about a kid trying to re-connec...