Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Acting
Stallone's single tear is Oscar-worthy cinema.
Direction
Golan turns arm-wrestling into biblical struggle.
Score
Giorgio Moroder synths that DEMAND victory.
Director
Menahem Golan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Golan and Stallone made this during their Cannon Films golden era, literally inventing the 'sports underdog' template that would be beaten to death for decades.
The World Armwrestling Championship was a real Las Vegas event, and Rick Zumwalt was an actual champion before playing Bull — Stallone insisted on real competitors for authenticity that nobody asked for.
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I looked this up after watching Devon larratt on Joe Rogan after Devon talking about John Brzenk being in this movie I watched as a kid.
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