Over the Top Movie Review 1986

The film that started a nationwide arm-wrestling craze. A slow-witted trucker decides the only way he can retain custody of his estranged son, as well as win the boy's respect, is by winning a big arm-wrestling competition. Stallone is an expert at grinding these movies out by now, and the kid (General Hospital's Mikey) is all right, but the end result is boredom, as it should be with an arm-wrestling epic.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Dads, Sports Dramas

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone, Gary Conway, Stirling Silliphant

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Susan Blakely, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall

Director

Menahem Golan

Producer

Cannon Films

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1987: Worst Support. Actor (Mendenhall), Worst New Star (Mendenhall).