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In honor of Friday’s release of The Expendables, we’re taking a week-long look at the action films of Sir Sylvester Stallone – which is to say we’re skipping his comedies*. Out of respect.*
Title: Over the Top](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/over-the-top/1026407/main)
Setting: Present-day 1987, all across America
Our hero: Cross-country truck driver / absentee father Lincoln Hawk (Sylvester Stallone, who also co-wrote the screenplay and must’ve given himself that ultra-patriotic moniker)
Our villain/s: Rich grandfather Jason Cutler (Robert Loggia); five-time arm wrestling world champion Bob “Bull” Hurley (Rick Zumwalt)
The stakes: Custody of young son Michael (David Mendenhall), which is especially important now that Lincoln’s estranged wife is on her deathbed; $100k in prize money; and a brand new tractor truck for any champion who just so happened to hock his own off in a moment of Act II desperation!Filed under: Action, Sports, Warner Brothers