FeaturePG1987·94m·6.5

Over the Top

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

ActionDrama

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.

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

Bob "Bull" Hurley

David Mendenhall

Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

Chris McCarty

Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

Ruker

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Collins

Magic Schwarz

Smasher

Bruce Way

John Grizzly

Jimmy Keegan

Big Boy (Richie)

John Braden

Colonel Davis

Tony Munafo

Tony

Randy Raney

Mad Dog Madison

Paul Sullivan

Carl Adams

Jack Wright

Big Bill Larson

Sam Scarber

Harry Bosco

Richie Giachetti

Landis

Michael Fox

Jim Olson

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$25.0M
Revenue
$16.1M
Age rating
PG
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
The Cannon GroupWarner Bros. PicturesGolan-Globus Productions

Crew

Director

Menahem Golan

Writers

Sylvester Stallone, Stirling Silliphant, Gary Conway, David Engelbach

Giorgio Moroder

Original Music Composer

James R. Symons

Editor

David Gurfinkel

Director of Photography

Don Zimmerman

Editor

James L. Schoppe

Production Design

Tom Bronson

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

1/12/2023

10.0

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.