a must see film

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2009)

This is mainly a movie about arm-wrestling but it's quite exciting as well. Stallone has delivered a Rockylike performance in this subject, as indeed he sees it everywhere. The screenplay doesn't make sense that much but the story gets to arouse emotions, in spite of all the inconsistencies. The director and screenplay concentrate mostly on father and son relationship and on Stallone's physique. Over the Top, watched nowadays, tells of what Stallone used to be, it's certainly unlikely but it works, even 22 years later, though being full of plugs for various products, such as Adidas sportswear, Pepsi-Cola, Duracell batteries and so on.