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Over the Top

1987 · 94 min

A cheesy, heartfelt underdog story that balances arm-wrestling spectacle with a sentimental father-son bonding road trip.

Directed by
Menahem Golan
Genres
Action, Drama
Tagline
Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
Overview
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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Directed by
Menahem Golan
Genres
Action, Drama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • redemption
  • class
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Menahem Golan
Written by
Stirling Silliphant, Sylvester Stallone
Starring
Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall, Chris McCarty, Terry Funk, Bob Beattie
Music
Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography
David Gurfinkel
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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