Smashing good time -- making fun of it

Rating: 1/10 (21 August 2000)

"Over the Top" is one movie that can brighten up my friends' and my day after a tough day. It is a hilariously stupid movie filled with awkward character interactions and a script that could stink up the perfume shops in Nordstrom's (well, they smell bad enough anyway to me). We actually rent the movie and just make fun of it all the way to the ending credits, when the sheer cheese is capped by its own theme song, for goodness' sake! (It's titled "Over the Top." Surprise surprise.) Watching Sly groan and moan during his arm wrestling matches always brings smile to my face (well, it's a sneer, rather). The kid is the most annoying element of the movie. Oh yeah, and don't forget all of the supporting cast, including the REAL arm wrestling champion trucker guy (the bald guy who happened to be the best actor in the movie after all). You can't comprehend half of what Stallone says at first viewing, and one of the most hilarious part was when he was ranting and raving to a couple of goons driving away after an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt of Sly's son at a truck stop -- you just have to see it to understand what I'm saying here. Well, I guess that's just about everything I can say about this movie. It was a totally unimaginably dumb movie based on custody battle and arm wrestling (proved to be a deadly combination), and as long as you like making fun of movies and have a sense of humor, then go out and rent this movie! But please, do so with caution.