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Big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk's (Sylvester Stallone) only chance for a better existence, which includes starting his own business and earning the love of his son, lies in his considerable talent for arm-wrestling. Read more

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall
Director Menahem Golan
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Over The Top

Big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk's (Sylvester Stallone) only chance for a better existence, which includes starting his own business and earning the love of his son, lies in his considerable talent for arm-wrestling.

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall
Director Menahem Golan
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 03 May 2004
Production year: 1986
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Dating from the post-Rambo period when Sylvester Stallone's career was in the doldrums, this tacky action adventure has its roots in that old Wallace Beery classic The Champ. Here, boxing is replaced by arm wrestling, as trucker Sly tries to re-establish a relationship with his military academy-trained son on a make-up or break trek across the States. The grapple scenes are so devoid of thrills that you long to return to the mushy melodramatics. It's slick enough, but you expect more from a script co-written by Stallone and the late Stirling Silliphant, who won an Oscar for his work on In the Heat of the Night.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Machismo with schmaltz. Stallone plays some dumb trucker, into arm-wrestling, whose cab is a mobile gym. Twelve years... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 7 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    good film

    this is a really good movie

      • A customer from scotland
      • Posted 27 Nov 2004 unknown

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Great Stuff

    Not the best film by Sylvester Stallone, but very enjoyable to watch. I spotted this as a recommendation after watching another Stallone film, and remembering watching it a number of years ago, couldn't resist giving it another go. I was right to hire it as I thoroughly enjoyed watching. The film is quite predictable, but has a nice enough story and decent acting. Whilst there weren't really any surprises during the arm wrestles, it was still exciting stuff.

      • Martin from St Helens, England
      • Posted 02 Apr 2005 09:22

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