Over the Top

Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who’s trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife..

• Director:Menahem Golan
• Genre:Action / Drama
• Runtime:94 minutes

Cast

Sylvester Stallone: Lincoln Hawk
Robert Loggia : Jason Cutler
Susan Blakely : Christina Cutler-Hawk
Rick Zumwalt : Bob ‘Bull’ Hurley
David Mendenhall: Michael Cutler / Michael Hawk

Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. Hawk’s wife Christina is very ill at the beginning of the film, and asks that Hawk pick up their son Michael from military school so that he may get to know his son; Hawk left them 10 years earlier. His father-in-law Jason Cutler, who hates Hawk, says that Hawk has no right to be in his grandson’s life.

Over the course of a cross country trip, Mike comes to trust his father until learning about his mother’s death. Feeling he would have been there with her if not for Hawk, he leaves for his grandfather’s estate. The film continues with Mike realizing that Cutler has been hiding the truth about his father – Cutler did everything possible to drive his parents apart and has been intercepting and hiding the regular letters Hawk had written to his son over the last few years. Eventually, Lincoln competes in the world arm wrestling competition, held at the Las Vegas Hilton. His hope is to win the grand prize of an expensive, new semi-truck and thus be able to start his own independent trucking business. Mike, stunned by his grandfather’s deceptions, goes to the Hilton and finds Hawk. Apologizing for misjudging him, Mike gives Hawk the emotional support he needs to compete and he emerges from the contest victorious. As father and son celebrate, Cutler (who had followed Mike to the competition) looks on in silence, realizing he has lost any chance at regaining Mike’s love. Read more

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