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Over the Top

6.5/10
TMDB1,960 votes
1987Original: English94 min

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.

Genres: Action, Drama
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Over the Top

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

Over the Top (1987) is a film in the action, drama genres. Directed by Menahem Golan. The cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt.

Released
1987-02-13
Original language
English
Runtime
94 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
The Cannon Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Golan-Globus Productions
Directors
Menahem Golan
Writers
Sylvester Stallone, Stirling Silliphant, Gary Conway, David Engelbach

Over the Top cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.5/10 from 1,960 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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,…

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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.

Questions about Over the Top

What is Over the Top about?

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.

Who stars in Over the Top?

Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall, Chris McCarty. See the cast cards above for character names.

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