
Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his... (Full plot summary below)
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Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company.
Leave your thoughts about Over the Top.
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealWhy draw the line between "so bad it's good" and a pedigreed artistic success? |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's not traditionally considered a Stallone masterpiece, but I sure as hell love it. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinOne of Mr. Stallone's more muddled efforts but by no means a flop on the order of F.I.S.T. or Rhinestone. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperWith 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. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrOver 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. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioFrom the ongoing search to find new arenas in which Sylvester Stallone, against overwhelming odds, triumphs through exercise of the manly virtues, comes Over the Top, a movie about arm-wrestling. What's next? Crab soccer? |
| Washington PostRita KempleyStallone will never disappoint his fans intentionally. He cowrote the script (if writing is the right word) with Stirling Silliphant to formula specs, but Over the Top hasn't got the muscle of his Rocky hits. It's Stallone showing his vulnerable side, a sort of Father Knows Best -- But Can't Put It Into Words. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThere isn't a scintilla of surprise to any of it, and arm wrestling as a sport isn't really much fun to watch unless it's the match in The Fly. The only diversion is keeping track of the shameless advertising plugs that dot the film, like toadstools after a rain. It's not quite reason enough to go out to a movie, however. |
| User ReviewShane DI freaking loved this movie when I was kid I haven't watched it forever. |
| User ReviewShawn BMy favourite movie! Just released on Blu Ray, now it is even better! |