Over the Top
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Movie Reviews of Over the Top
Movie Review: movie lover
Summary: 4 Stars
My son in law loves this movie. He has been looking for it a long time. I was very glad to see it on amazon at a great price. It was a great surprise for his birthday.Movie Review: I'll put you in a world of hurt, Hawk
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie and like someone said, it's ABOUT TIME it's available on DVD! It's a great father-son movie... too bad I have a daughter.Movie Review: dvd
Summary: 4 Stars
Arm wrestling to win a semi truck. Awesome. FYI whats even better is this actually happened to pro arm wrestler john brzeckMovie 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'.
Movie Review: One of those...
Summary: 3 Stars
Everything about this movie can easily be made fun of.
At the same time, everything in it can be moving. In a cheesy kind of way.
Depending on your love of Sylvester Stallone and the eighties. Depending on your interest in Mr. Stallone's usual views of the world and what it takes to be a man. This is another one of Stallone's movie where he will go against all odds, never give up and go after his goal no matter what. His usual speech is there. It's fast. It's simple. It can look cheesy but it is honest and heartfelt. A feel good movie that is, to me, impossible to hate. I think that there are more people who are going to like it than they are people who will hate it. Those who do not like Stallone will probably not like him in it though. It's the kind of movie that you catch on TV late at night and you get caught up in it just for the heck of it. And, darn it, it is a tear-jerking film at various points. The music and the songs adds a lot to it. The soundtrack is still playing in my stereo to this day, especially the song in the beginning ("In This Country") and during the tournament ("The Fight"). I recommend not only the DVD but also the CD.
I miss those little gems. Seems to me there were more of those films in the seventies and eighties. Clint Eastwood and Check Norris also did a couple like that. Kenny Rogers also ("Six Packs").
This is why those who loves Sylvester Stallone love him.
Over The Top!