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1987 drama and action film produced by Menahem Golan and starring [[Sylvester Stallone]] as Lincoln Hawk, a truck driver who is also a famed arm wrestler. Having walked out on his wife and son years ago, Lincoln is asked by his wife now in the hospital to take his son Michael home to see her before her surgery. At first Michael and Lincoln are like oil and water. Lincoln makes an honest attempt to bond. Michael eventually softens, until he gets home to learn that the mom died from complications and custody is being fought over by the his grandfather, who hates Lincoln's guts. Lincoln decides to put all his money on the line in a Vegas arm wrestling showdown to start over again. At some point Michael realizes that Lincoln truly does love him.
Panned by critics and barely turning a profit at the box office, the film has a great camp quality to it and does have its fans. The film really tries to make Stallone a super underdog a la ''[[Rocky (
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** The Smasher
*** Shit, ''every'' arm wrestler has a cool name in this flick.
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* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Good thing Lincoln taught Michael how to drive.
* [[Cool Car]]: Lincoln's semi.
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Lincoln has been on the road for most of his son's life, driving a truck and arm wrestling. Subverted in that he regularly wrote to his son and wife, double subverted in that Michael never got any of his dad's letters. No solid reason is ever given for Lincoln's estrangement; when asked, he merely says "[[Hand Wave|I made some mistakes]]."
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Jason Cutler offers to give Hawk half a million and a new semi if he will just leave town and leave him and Michael alone. Hawk refuses. Jason explains that Michael is the only family he has left and this way Hawk can be back to his normal life.
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* [[I Gave My Word]]: Lincoln agrees to his sick wife's wishes to meet his estranged son, even though the son hasn't seen or heard from Lincoln in a long time or the fact that the Grandfather hates Lincoln, Lincoln is going to see this through.
* [[Large Ham]]: Bull Hurley, several of the opposing arm wrestlers in fact like Grizzly, but Bull is the biggest (no pun intended) example.
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