Over the Top (1987)

Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash, and tries to rebuild his life. Hawk's wife Christina is very ill at the beginning of the film, and asks that Hawk pick their son Michael up from military school so that he may get to know his son since they have been apart since Hawk left them ten years earlier. His father-in-law Jason Cutler is enraged since he feels his daughter was deserted by Hawk and thus has no right to be in his grandson's life. Over the course of a cross country trip, Mike learns to trust his father until finding out that his mother dies while they are on the road. Feeling he would have been there if not for Hawk, he leaves for his grandfather's estate. The film continues with Mike realizing the truth about his father, and Lincoln competing in the world arm wrestling competition, held at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album was released in 1987 to coincide with the release of the movie. It contains music from Frank Stallone, Kenny Loggins (who performs the film's central theme, "Meet Me Half Way"), Eddie Money, and Sammy Hagar.

• Track Listing

1. Winner Takes It All - Sammy Hagar
2. In This Country - Robin Zander
3. Take It Higher - Larry Greene
4. All I Need Is You - Big Trouble
5. Bad Nite - Frank Stallone
6. Meet Me Half Way - Kenny Loggins
7. Gypsy Soul - Asia
8. The Fight [Instrumental] - Giorgio Moroder
9. Mind Over Matter - Larry Greene
10. I Will Be Strong - Eddie Money

Directed by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Menahem Golan Yoram Globus
Written by	Gary Conway & David Engelbach (story) Stirling Silliphant & Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Starring	Sylvester Stallone Robert Loggia Susan Blakely Rick Zumwalt David Mendenhall
Music by	Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography	David Gurfinkel
Editing by	James R. Symons Don Zimmerman
Distributed by	Warner Bros.  Pictures
Release date(s)	February 12, 1987
Running time	93 min.
Language	English