Over the Top
by Menahem Golan
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Actor: David Mendenhall, Rick Zumwalt, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Sylvester StalloneDirector: Menahem Golan
Brand: Warner Bros
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: Menahem Golan
Producer: James D. Brubaker
Producer: Tony Munafo
Writer: David Engelbach
Writer: Gary Conway
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Over the Top
DVD Review: The Ooze of Machoism.
Summary: 3 Stars
Viewed: 11/03, 7/05, 6/06, 6/08
Rate: 5
7/05: Over the Top is a phenomenal movie and also an ultimate Stallone film. The arm-wrestling action is the most appetizing part of this film. It's all about the stomach-twisting action. Stallone gives a great performance: dim-witted but lovable. Machismo bleeds everywhere in Over the Top. Unlike many male films, Over the Top is an outstanding picture where testosterone rules the world. It's definitely a top five great Stallone picture.
6/06: Forget the kid. Forget the sob story. Focus on the arm wrestling action. That's what Over the Top is all about. It's a perfect role for Sylvester Stallone. "You got guys from M.I.T., and you got guys who can't spell M.I.T." reads the tagline of Over the Top. What I loved about this film is that there are two sides: the pretentiousness that the kid shows and the grunt machismo where muscle, attitude, and trash talking prevail. This is what this film intends to show that there is no room for flowers in a man's world. Pure testosterone bleeds everywhere. The highlight of Over the Top is the arm wrestling action, complemented by the competitors, the audience, and the atmosphere. It's definitely pure entertainment. Arm wrestlers eating cigars, drinking out of motor oil can, and trash talking with pounds and pounds of muscles, intense mentality, and do-or-die attitudes. It's all about one thing: beat this punk. Over the Top is an excellent movie for its unusual display of arm wrestling sport. Of course, the story between the kid and the father is a nice touch, and it did have some purpose. But okay, forget that anyway. Arm-wrestling extravaganza dominates Over the Top.
6/08: Over the Top is hands down the best arm wrestling film made. Of course, it's the only film of its genre. And that's why there ought to be another movie about arm wrestling and the competitiveness nature it entails. Over the Top is not thoroughly focused on arm wrestling but rather a small part of it. The sob story between the kid and his father has to go; it sucks and takes away the flow of the film. I couldn't bleeding care about the kid and whether he finds a father or not in the process. What I wanted to see in Over the Top is the intensity and ferocity by the adrenaline junkie arm wrestlers; it's absolutely fantastically unbelievable and sky-high awesome movie experience. Mad Dog Madison goes crazy and drinks motor oil; Grizzly eats a cigar; Bull Hurley torches everybody with his piercing eyes; and a lot of head slapping moments. That's the best part of Over the Top; the competition and the wild atmosphere of that circuit certainly got me pumped up. Sadly, there wasn't enough of that because the first hour is must wasted on building up the story between Lincoln Hawk and his son. That gets a `1' from me. The final half hour is mostly arm wrestling moments which are undisputedly the meat of the film. I'll give it a `9' for its uniqueness. Over the Top averages out as `5' for me. The most confusing part about the picture is the use of Lincoln's last name; is it Hawk or Hawks? Why can't this fact be kept straight? The rule during the championship is also confusing; it kept saying that it's a double elimination contest, but does it not apply in the semifinal and final? I love the double personality shows of each character when one is really sky-high pumped up and then shows a calm, reticent persona during interviews. A couple of moments showing a guy getting his arm broken during matches are unbelievable, and they are a sad fact of the sport. I remember when I saw a special edition of arm wrestling national championship on ESPN2, one guy said word-for-word quotes to describe his thinking before the contests, and "Second sucks" immediately comes to my mind. No question without Over the Top, arm wrestling would undeniably be a very obscure sport although is deserving of much recognition. All in all, the story killed Over the Top and slowed down the picture a lot, but the atmosphere and the blood-pumping moments in underground arm wrestling world are the stuff of greats. I'm bringing down the rating `7' to `5'.
Description of Over the Top
Get a grip on somechampionship entertainmentProductInformationIn Over the Top Sylvester Stallone gives fans another reasonto stand up and cheer. He stars as hard-luck big-rig truckerLincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for allthe boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower Hank tries to rebuild hislifeby capturing the first-place prize money - and the love of the son(David Mendenhall) he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of hisrich ruthless father-in-law (Robert Loggia). He matchesmuscles with some of the game's gargantuan greats - and grips youtightly with a rousing finale in crowd-pleasing style. Grabhold for rip-roaring fun!Product Features Theatrical Trailer Stars Rocky and Rambo star Sylvester StalloneSpecifications Stars: Sylvester StalloneRobert Loggia Susan Blakely Format: Color DVD-VideoWidescreen Languages: English French Subtitles: English FrenchSpanish Rating: PG Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 93 minutes Directed By: Manahem GolanArm-wrestling might be far down on most viewers' list of "most cinematic sports," but Sylvester Stallone certainly goes the distance to prove the contrary in this lightweight but entertaining mid-'80s action/family feature. Stallone (who co-wrote the script with Stirling Silliphant) plays taciturn trucker Lincoln Hawk (though he's called "Hawks" by large portions of the cast), who faces two considerable challenges at once: to win the Las Vegas Arm Wrestling Championship, and to impress the son (David Mendenhall) who's been turned against him by his grandfather (Robert Loggia, snarling up a storm). Menahem Golan's direction and the soundtrack of bombastic '80s pop-rock (by Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, and others) is anything but subtle, and the host of opponents Stallone faces look like they were culled from professional wrestling (indeed, veteran grappler Terry Funk is in the cast), but Sly stalwarts and '80s action aficionados may find this rousing entertainment. The widescreen anamorphic DVD offers only the original theatrical trailer as an extra. ? Paul Gaita
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