3/4  Over the Top Quick Review
Just another great Stallone movie.

2.5/4  Over the Top Quick Review
A sappy story of an estranged father and son brought together by the wishes of their dying mother/ex-wife. And of course, there is a wealthy ex-father-in-law trying to take custody of the kid. Not the lamest movie but certainly not good.

5/5 Over The Top RULES!
  by Josh Garcia (Premont, TX USA)
If I had to choose a movie that inspires me to find a way to push through it is OVer THE TOp. I love the music in this movie! I was little when this movie came out and its one of my favorite movies. Also the way Stallone jacks fools up with his crazy arm wrestling finisher.

5/5 over the top WideScreen. i love it!
  by norbren (Xalapa, Mexico)
Finally i found a Widescreen version of over the top with spanish subtitles! Here in mexico we only have a Fullscreen edition.

4/5 The struggle for an estranged sons love
  by D. Keith (Houston, Texas United States)
Over The Top is a fantastic piece of cinema couture, in which Sylvester Stallone shows his softer side. Really. I mean it. Not one person dies. Well, one person dies, but it is a sad event.

Right, so Sylvester Stallone is a truck driver who is estranged from his wife and son. His baby's momma get's hold of him and tells him that his son is finishing the year at military academy, and that she would love for him to reunite with his father. So, Sly-dog goes to pick up his kid, who immediately flips out and insists that Sly can't be his dad. Probably because he is all buff, and the kid is a bit of a weeny, but who knows.

So, father and son head off on a cross country, diesel fueled, emotional thrill-ride in Sly's (non-sleeper cab) big rig. Along the way, we learn about Stallone's primary passion: arm wrestling. After his son discovers that Sly is a good arm wrestler, he starts asking questions, which leads to a training montage, and eventually a challenge between the son and some spiky haired rapscallion playing pinball at a truck stop.

After this event, where father and son really connect, the boy is stolen (Stolen!) away by his own grandfather (maternal grandfather, go figure). More stuff happens and then Sly drives a big rig through his rich Father In-law's mansion and lays it all on the line: Sly will win the national arm wrestling championship in Las Vegas, and when he does, he will be taking his son back once and for all. Can Sly do it? Can he make a heartwarming movie where he has to arm wrestle for custody of his son? Over The Top is the answer!

5/5 Great Movie...
  by Wesley Rowland (Oregon, USA)
This movie is Awesome...
It has a good story line... Great acting... Good music...

Stallone is the bomb!!!


4/5 Great 80s flick, excellent picture quality on Blu-ray
  by Tiberius (BOLINGBROOK, IL USA)
This review is for the Blu-ray, not the movie. Despite the lack of extras, save the original theatrical trailer (in SD, with Don LaFontaine doing the voice-over). The picture quality is truly excellent, putting the DVD to shame. When the movie starts and Linc Hawk is shown driving his big rig, you can literally see every hair in his beard, it is almost startling for a 20+ year old movie. Also, considering it wasn't made by a major Hollywood studio (it was made by Golan-Globus Productions), I wasn't expecting it to look this good. The audio is decent but not spectacular. While it would have been nice to have more extras on the disc, this is without a doubt the best the movie has looked since playing in the theatres in 1987. Besides, this is not only a guy movie, but also (part) chick-flick! An easy recommendation, not only for Stallone and arm-wrestling fans!