No Holds Barred...

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2006)

Sylvester Stallone stars as Lincoln Hawk, an arm wrestling trucker who must not only arm wrestle muscle-bound truckers but wrestle his ex-father-in-law for the love and companionship of his son Mike (David Mendennhall) much arm wrestling ensues in this failed attempt to wring rah-rah cheer from the sport of arm wrestling. I didn't know arm wrestling was a sport but apparently it was an important enough sport to have Sly Stallone sign to rework Rocky out of it. Over The Top is honestly what you would expect from a movie with such a ridiculous premise. Some have called this one of Stallone's worst but I disagree, the movie is fun in spurts and isn't dull. Indeed I admit that the climax kept me amused. Especially since Double Elimination is explained at least 40 times through out, to which we are then reminded when Stallone loses once, that he has one more chance! The movie is very cheese-ball but it delivers what it promises and basically anyone watching this, knows what to expect.
* * out of 4-(Fair)