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Synopsis: Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Menahem Golan
Production: Warner Home Video
  4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1987
93 min
1,771 Views


and wiII dweII in the

house of the Lord forever.''

Yes?

- I'd Iike to taIk to Jason CutIer, pIease.

- You're not wanted here.

WouId you teII him LincoIn Hawk

wouId Iike to taIk to him?

Like I said, you're not wanted here.

I want to see my boy.

Move it out.

Move. Get this thing the heII

out of here before I caII the poIice.

(engine starts)

That guy ain't coming back. He's a Ioser.

(guard) Stop! What are you doing?!

Get back here!

(guard #2) CaII the cops!

I'm going around back!

Mike! Mike!

Hawk!

What the heII have you done?

Mike.

Come with me, pIease. Mike, pIease.

Do you actuaIIy think that you can

get away with what you've done?

You think you can come in here, destroy

my home and take MichaeI with you?

MichaeI CutIer is my boy!

You deserted him years ago!

And that's a fact that you can't change

no matter what you do! Damn you!

Damn you.

Dad! Dad!

Come on, Iet him go!

- Go to your room.

- PIease! Dad!

- Go to your room.

- Come on, Grandfather!

(siren)

Go to your room now! Go!

Mike. Mike.

We got him. Let him go.

Keep his arms behind him.

You have the right to remain siIent.

If you give up the right to remain siIent...

AII the way out. SIowIy.

Move your ass.

You Hawk? Let's go.

Wait here.

Straight ahead.

There's somebody here

to see you, Hawk.

Yeah, right over there.

Sit down.

I'II make this brief, Hawk. I'm Tim

SaIanger, Mr CutIer's personaI secretary.

As you can see, you've got

a serious probIem on your hands.

More than ever now, you'II need money

for attorneys, additionaI expenses.

What we want is for you to Ieave the state.

Don't come back, we won't prosecute.

If you decide to contest the whoIe matter

of IegaI custody, you won't have a prayer.

We retain the finest Iaw firms.

That's it. What do you say?

- What's Mike say?

- Ask him yourseIf.

MichaeI.

At ease, Mike.

Now, you're not gonna teII me

to Ieave too, are you?

No.

That's good. I was beginning

to think I wasn't popuIar.

I don't know what to think.

Mike, I know you don't trust me.

I don't bIame you.

I haven't earned that yet.

I just feeI Iike I have a home here.

You know, I...

I mean, if I went with you,

where wouId we go?

Where wouId we end up?

Together is aII I can guarantee.

You say this now, and then you Ieave.

Mike, I'm just a father who messed up

pretty bad, I know that.

I've done things reaI wrong.

Now I want to try to fix

everything up as best as I can.

And I want to

give you what's inside of me.

I may not have much

and I may never have a Iot.

But I've got something inside

I want to give to the onIy person

who means something to me.

You. You.

I can't.

I can't go with you.

Can't?

I'm sorry.

I understand.

Mike, I want you to remember something.

The worId meets nobody haIfway,

remember that.

You gotta do what's best for you.

AIways do that.

ShouId I draw up the papers?

Yeah.

(? ''Meet Me HaIf Way'')

I appreciate your feeIings

about your truck.

Best offer I can make -

cash, though - 7,000.

- Take it or Ieave it.

- Not giving me much of a choice.

OK, you got a deaI.

- I'd Iike to keep the hawk, though, OK?

- Take it.

(announcer) Good morning. I'd Iike

to weIcome aII of you to this year's...

- What are the odds on LincoIn Hawk?

- The odds on Hawk?

LincoIn Hawk's 20 to one.

- I'd Iike to bet 7,000 on him.

- That's what I caII gambIing.

Linc Hawk.

John GrizzIy, 238.

That's wrong. Excuse me, buddy.

HoId on a second. John GrizzIy, 238.

ItaIian competitors, report to your coach.

What are you doing?

Where are you going? Stop!

Arm wrestIing is a combination

of strength and technique,

coupIed with mentaI attitude

and dedication.

- (driver) Come on!

- Move it! Go!

Soon, the preIiminaries wiII be under way.

One, two...

- (car horn)

- (man) Hey, you idiot!

WeIcome to the arm wrestIing

worId championship competition.

(cheering)

There are different weight cIasses

for men and women.

They come from aII over the worId.:

Japan, France, ItaIy, SwitzerIand.

TruIy the best arm wrestIers

in the entire worId.

(yeIIs)

One reminder, once again,

this is a doubIe eIimination competition.

You have to Iose twice to be out.

In other words, if you Iose once,

you stiII have one more chance.

OK. The preIiminary rounds this morning

and the men's finaIs tonight.

And don't forget the women. They're

competing for $50,000 in prize money.

Are we ready, referees?

Start the competition!

Good Iuck to aII of you!

Ready? Go!

Ready? Go!

(? ''Winner Takes It AII'' by Sammy Hagar)

You ain't sh*t!

- Winner, BuII HurIey.

- Yeah!

A win for the five-time

worId champion, BuII HurIey!

Go!

Winner!

That's a winner!

Frenchman Andr Bouvier

and a newcomer, LincoIn Hawk.

And LincoIn Hawk takes the win!

He'II be one to watch.

On to the teamster.

Harry Bosco has the win.

Hey, boy. You just can't Ieave

this truck here Iike that.

You can keep it.

Hey, you! Come back here!

Come here, you!

..BiIIy Bob from Texas, the southern

champion. He'II be tough to beat here.

There. There's our car.

Take me to Mr CutIer's pIane.

Go!

- Go!

- Go!

Go!

(yeIIs)

- Winner!

- We have troubIe with our German friend.

Looks Iike an injury on tabIe three.

(yeIIs)

Ready? Go!

Winner!

Chicken sh*t.

We're aIready down

to the Iast 32 competitors.

BuII HurIey. Looks Iike he's gonna be here

for the finaIs. He's stiII the man to beat.

He's not to make it to the HiIton.

Is that understood?

Come on!

(growIs)

- Come on!

- Come on! Come on!

Winner!

And that concIudes

the women's competition.

Mr John GrizzIy!

- Winner!

- Winner!

- (cheering)

- Good evening, Iadies and gentIemen.

WeIcome back to our

worId championship competition.

We're approaching the main event.

First of aII, the semifinaIs.

Fighting wiII take pIace

on these four tabIes

and the eight best arm wrestIers

in the worId wiII be competing.

- There's MichaeI.

- I'II cover the back.

(announcer) They've come from every

nation on earth. 500 competitors started.

Now we're down to the finaI eight.

Let me remind you.

Let me remind you, pIease.

This is a doubIe eIimination competition.

If you Iose twice, you're out.

DoubIe eIimination competition.

They've come from everywhere for

a chance to win $100,000 in prize money.

They wiII aIso have the opportunity to win

a $250,000 VoIvo White tractor truck.

Right now, though, Iet's introduce

our eight semifinaIists.

They're the best in the

worId of arm wrestIing.

Let's introduce John GrizzIy,

three-time winner from the

WorId Arm WrestIing Association.

When I get to the tabIe, that person, I don't

care who they are, is my mortaI enemy.

I hate them.

John GrizzIy, right here. John GrizzIy.

AIso coming up here, Mad Dog Madison.

I'm not so enthused about peopIe

patting me on the back,

saying ''You're the best.''

I don't need peopIe to do that to me.

If I win, it's just because I wanted

to be the best, one time in my Iife.

Mad Dog Madison.

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Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Naked City and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. more…

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