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Over the Top (1987)

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Summary: Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who's trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his ex-wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son doesn't think too highly of him until he enters the nation-wide arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Directed By: Menahem Golan
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Adorava quando ele virava o boné
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Brain-melting film about arm-wrestling. Starring Stallone as a trucker. ...And yet I watched it.
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Trucker Lincoln Hawk has his mind set on two things: Firstly, he's on a path of redemption, trying to win over his son's heart, after having been bullied out of the family by his upper class father-in-law, a mission painfully crystallized as the wife falls terminally ill. Now, the OTHER thing on Hawks mind is arm wrestling. Using a special grip (I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure it's cheating), he challenges to be the best damned arm wrestler in the world. And why the hell not?
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arm wrestling something, something
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Over The Top Is write pretty accurate description of the acting...but alas still a fave a bunch of big oiled down men(YUMMY) & a few ex-wrestlers
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I agree with the majority on this one. It is stupid. Period. Seriously, this is a wide-release action film about arm wrestling, which means that on face it fails. However, it is the definition of guilty pleasure, and Rick Zumwalt is in my top ten of Best Explicitly Typecast Character Actors of All Time (RIP).
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A film about a trucker who enters arm-wrestling competitions, and his opponents are all giant, greasy rednecks who blatantly cheat by punching their opponents. A bizarre, absurd film which takes itself too damn seriously for its own good, focusing on the non-existent drama of a moronic plot rather than the humor and action. Has some mind-numbingly, unintentionally funny scenes.
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Possibly the cheesiest fuckin thing I've seen.
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Dumb but fun.
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Right now someone is beating off to all those shots of big arms flexin' .
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This is a heartwarming and entertaining film about one mans battle to win his sons accept...oh, sod it: It's a movie about truckers and arm wrestling. Which is exactly as awesome as it sounds.
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I suppose the title says it all.
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I've never heard the title of a movie yelled out so much within a movie than in 'Over the Top'. For a movie about arm-wrestling, the arm-wrestling seems to be the worst part of all. The dramatic scenes are very hit or miss, though mostly misses, but they're still more watchable than the silly arm-wrestling scenes. They're just so surreal and don't fit next to the drama of the custody battle. Even Hawks showing Michael his gym/truck is less cheesy than any of the sweaty arm-wrestling truckers.
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Very 80s, very cheasy... and ..., somehow, very nearly a decent film. Judging by just about every single other rating, I probably shouldn't like this movie, but I couldn't help being won over by Stallone. His likeable, "macho meets pleasantness" Hawk made the material work and, sort of against my will, I have to confess to enjoying it very much. [edit: It's actually very rewatchable, too.]
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Well... you know... the truck.
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In the words of Norm MacDonald, "It's like Kramer vs. Kramer, but with ARM WRESTLING!" The film feels like it has an identify crisis: saccharine emotional manipulation mixed with Stallone's folksy and stoic badass persona. Much of the film involves Sly comforting his whiny and tearful son (who never hesitates to run into traffic when upset), but sporadically he fights random thugs or arm-slams some macho trucker. It might be better if it were more tongue-in-cheek, but it's laughably sincere.
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Over the top? It sure is... an arm-wrestling "Rocky" is just not gonna cut it.
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amazing
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Misleading title alert. It's more of a schmaltzy father/son story with some arm wrestling thrown in to quell the masses thirsty for some OVER THE TOP man-on-man action.
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