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Over the Top
🎬 Movie

Over the Top

1987 · 94 min Action Drama
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The action here isn't perfunctory — it's considered, with internal logic. The staging of fights and chases shows a director who knows the genre from the inside.

A well-made ride. Doesn't claim depth, but does its job honestly and without boredom.

For those who appreciate a solidly made genre film without pretensions.

Director: Menahem Golan

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: In company with popcorn. Loud, with a big screen — that's what it was made for.

🎭 Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

Susan Blakely

Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

Rick Zumwalt

Bob "Bull" Hurley

David Mendenhall

David Mendenhall

Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

Chris McCarty

Chris McCarty

Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

Terry Funk

Ruker

Bob Beattie

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Allan Graf

Collins

Magic Schwarz

Magic Schwarz

Smasher

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