Lincoln Hawk...No, Wait...Lincoln Hawkes?

Rating: 4/10 (9 August 2013)

Finally saw this movie all in one shot, and I have to say.....WHAT? What happened in this movie? HIS NAME CHANGES BACK AND FORTH! Wasn't there an editor here? Anyway, quick description of this movie. Stallone as Lincoln Hawk (in the beginning) picks up his estranged son from military school at the request of his ex-wife. Being a trucker, Stallone takes his long lost on a trucker's journey...where they bond through arm wrestling strangers, thwarting kidnappers and learning the ropes of driving big rigs. Dad & son have their ups and downs on said journey (to the Arm Wrestling Championship in Las Vegas), but Robert Loggia as grandpa doesn't want his grandson hanging around old Sly, who he kicked to the curb years ago to keep him from his daughter....But only one thing is keeping Sly from his dream of starting a new life with his re-connected son. That's right folks...not being the ARM WRESTLING CHAMPION of the WORLD! So now LINCOLN HAWKES (yes his last name changes from HAWK to HAWKES for no reason whatsoever) must win the big cash prize and the respect of his ex-father-in-law by taking the title home. Oh, and he gets a shiny new truck if he wins, too. Pretty sweet set-up, huh? Overall I say this movie is at least worth 1 viewing, mostly for the 80's cheese factor. It's not one I'd really want to watch again on purpose. I can kind of pinpoint the era of when Sylvester Stallone's movie career had gotten on a slippery slope, and it was definitely around this time.