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Name: Over The Top
Released: 1987-2-13
Cast: Robert Loggia, Sylvester Stallone, Rick Zumwalt, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall

Over The Top

PG
1h 34m
1987

32%

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Some fight for money. Some fight for glory. He's fighting for his son's love. Sylvester Stallone blends action with sentimentality in this family action drama as struggling trucker Lincoln Hawk who, following the death of his estranged wife, strives to rebuild his life. Although he tries to make amends with the son he left years earlier, the boy wants little to do with his father--until Lincoln enters the national arm-wrestling competition in Las Vegas. Stallone co-wrote the screenplay.

Director:

Menahem Golan

Producer:

Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, James D. Brubaker

Writer:

Gary Conway

Cast:

Robert Loggia, Sylvester Stallone, Rick Zumwalt, Susan Blakely, David Mendenhall

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

32%

Critics Consensus: The definitive film about arm-wrestling truck drivers fighting for custody of their children, Over the Top lives down to its title in the cheesiest of ways.

Reviews

Akron Beacon Journal

Tony Mastroianni

The arm-wrestling championship eats up about a third of the movie, which is a lot of grunting, snarling and perspiring. All things being relative, this beats what passes for drama in the rest of the movie.

This movie is so out of control and has some unsettling moments between the father and son. But it is entertaining.

This movie was so much fun. As crazy as it was, I couldn't stop being entertained!

...a fairly absurd premise that's employed to surprisingly watchable and entertaining effect...

Don't be deceived by the premise. Over the Top isn't about arm wrestling; it's about a father reconnecting with his son, and teaching him what it means to fail, and how to do it with dignity. It's beautiful actually. "The world meets nobody half way."

July 15, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:February 13, 1987
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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