Film198793 min

Over the Top

Name: Over the Top
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall

Taste attributes: actiondramavehiclessportstried & testedlightsimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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

Boxlist takeExpect a simple, breezy action film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 1,187 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and 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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