Over the Top (1987)
Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
Over the Top rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.9/10· 65K votes
Rotten Tomatoes32%
Metacritic40%
TMDb6.457/10· 2K votesWith 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 40/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Over the Top
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.
Cast of Over the Top
Sylvester Stallone
as Lincoln Hawk
Robert Loggia
as Jason Cutler
Susan Blakely
as Christina Hawk
Rick Zumwalt
as Bob "Bull" Hurley
David Mendenhall
as Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk
Chris McCarty
as Tim Salanger
Terry Funk
as Ruker
Bob Beattie
as Announcer
Allan Graf
as Collins
Magic Schwarz
as Smasher
- B
Bruce Way
as John Grizzly
- J
Jimmy Keegan
as Big Boy (Richie)
Over the Top facts
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $16.1M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Absurdist premise embraces ridiculous energy fully
- •Father-son dynamic adds emotional core to action
- •Arm wrestling concept offers novelty value
What the audience disliked
- •Film cannot overcome fundamentally silly concept
- •Tonal inconsistency creates unintentional comedy moments
Trailer
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