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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 32%, Metacritic 40/100. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 753 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes32%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
1,918 audience votes
Key crew
- Menahem GolanDirector
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
- Sylvester StalloneScreenplay
- Giorgio MoroderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sylvester StalloneLincoln Hawk
- Robert LoggiaJason Cutler
- Susan BlakelyChristina Hawk
- Rick ZumwaltBob "Bull" Hurley
- David MendenhallMichael Cutler/Michael Hawk
- Chris McCartyTim Salanger
- Terry FunkRuker
- Bob BeattieAnnouncer
- Allan GrafCollins
- Magic SchwarzSmasher
- Bruce WayJohn Grizzly
- Jimmy KeeganBig Boy (Richie)
Stills
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Themes
underdogsportsbad father-in-lawfather-in-lawroad triptruckon the roadtruck driverarm wrestlingeighteen wheelerfather son relationshipabsurd