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Over the Top
Over the Top

6.4

Over the Top

PG·1987·93m

Summary

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and 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.

Crew

Director

Menahem Golan

Screenplay

Stirling Silliphant

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Story

Gary Conway

Story

David Engelbach

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

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-connect with his father, who is a truck driver... and an arm wrestler.

And it manages to do it all in a very entertaining way, given the fact that it's about what a sport that you would think could only be boring, but the film manages to make look exciting... and I still have no idea how they did it using really nothing but a montague, and a typical 8os montage at that.

But, hey, it actually works, so take that where you will... and watch it, because it's really a lot better than anyone would think.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$16,057,580.00

Keywords

sports
bad father-in-law
road trip
truck driver
arm wrestling
father son relationship