SummaryTough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.
Directed By:Menahem Golan
Written By:Gary Conway, David Engelbach, Stirling Silliphant, Sylvester Stallone
Over the Top
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Mixed or Average
40
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Generally Favorable
6.6
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60
Stallone is sincere and soulful as a father who messed up pretty bad and just wants his kid back, Mendenhall is a likable tyke, and justice is served in the end.
50
This predictable family drama leads up to an equally predictable battle of goliaths who fight with one arm only. Over the Top boasts one distinction: it is the first major movie about arm-wrestling. Don't look for a cycle to follow. [23 Mar 1987]
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Feb 9, 2021
7
a classic 80s movie with a great development of a father son relationship. The sports background is also interesting and the soundtrack is good. Nonetheless the character of Michael Cutler was a bit annoying and unrealistic, because he was too arrogant and knew too much. But the performance of David Mendenhall was good.
50
Over the Top is pretty much like all of the other successful Stallone films, which probably means that it will be a success, too. In fact, it`s considerably better than the ragged, recycled Rocky IV, though it lacks the wild excesses that made Rambo and Cobra campily entertaining.
50
One of Mr. Stallone's more muddled efforts but by no means a flop on the order of F.I.S.T. or Rhinestone.
40
If you can lose like a winner, can you win like a loser? And if it doesn't matter if you win or lose, how come Sly always wins? Maybe these ambiguities will be resolved in his next opus, when Sly, playing Oldsmobile Cutlass, enters the high-stakes arena of championship horseshoe pitching. [23 Feb 1987, p.79]
40
With Over The Top, Stallone had clearly exploited the Rocky formula once too often and audiences rebelled against its condescending family melodrama and heavy-handed working-class trappings.
25
Arm wrestling, truck driving, weird weight lifting, and tear jerking are the stuff of this predictable Sylvester Stallone vehicle in which he plays Lincoln Hawk, a trucker-cum-wrist twister whose son, Michael (David Mendenhall), has been kept from him by his devious, wealthy father-in-law (Robert Loggia).
Jul 17, 2023
5
Fantastic Flick! One of FEW type of rolls, where Stallone doesn't play. A Superhuman Action Hero, the Single Dad Truck Driver roll. Hits VERY close to home, for Millions of People across the World. Heart warming and Exciting at the same Time, seen it MANY time and I'll see several times again!
Production Company:
- The Cannon Group
- Golan-Globus Productions
- Warner Bros.
Release Date:Feb 13, 1987
Duration:1 h 33 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
