7 Reasons Stallone's Movie Over The Top Is An Underrated Masterpiece

7 reasons the Stallone Over The Top Movie is full of incredible scenes, over the top action, arm-wrestling, truck driving, and child custody hearings. 7 Reasons the movie Over The Top with Stallone is just too damn good.
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0:00 Introduction
0:21 John Grizzly
1:33 Smasher
3:05 Child Custody
3:18 Stallone
3:57 Insane Kid
4:52 Montage
6:11 Arm-Wrestling

[@SpaceIce]

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[@telemachusrhade6737]

Love your videos but this one deserved to mention the GOAT, John Brzenk. :)

[@gordons-alive4940]

A masterpiece, but not the best movie ever?

[@mikeshelogowski434]

I don't know, the censorship makes it funnier for some reason 🤣 Btw, did predator get done? Tango and cash? You must not stop!

[@JyeSun818]

You gotta do Lock-Up buddy,another Stallone classic

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

None of the other truck-driving, child-custody, arm-wrestling movies can even hold a candle to this one.

[@martinkuliza]

Because there are no other Truck driving / Child custody / Arm Wrestling movies Are we just going to ignore that fact ? Back in the 80s, Go to the Arm Wrestling section THERE'S 1 FUCKING MOVIE ON THE ENTIRE SHELF LMFAO

[@jesseyoung540]

@@martinkuliza you need to educate yourself on the history of film/theatre. Truck driving, child custody, and arm wrestling are the very bedrock of western civilization and its arts. It's truly remarkable

[@martinkuliza]

@@jesseyoung540 Mate, i fucking stand corrected, i humbly apologize :P

[@maurobertolone5198]

Damn right! Is the only coherent answer here .

[@wangson]

@@jesseyoung540 I personally prefer Ingmar Bergman's tackling of these specific plot points from the perspective of a Swede.

[@andrewshaver5800]

"I know he said it was gas, but the dude drinks motor oil. You can't expect him to be coherent." Pure gold.

[@Wavemaninawe]

😂🤣😂🤣 Thats one of those timeless gems of wisdom.

[@nopewmopan]

Liquid gold.

[@eggchin22x78]

As a truck driver I can confirm this is all 100% accurate.

[@martinkuliza]

LMFAO......... FUCK OFF LMFAO My mates a truckie, B Doubles LOL............ so i'll say it again............. FUCK OFF !!! LOL it can't be real, there was no speed in it

[@beejoutbush3322]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@maryanderson2759]

😂🤣

[@bobfarley4102]

Beat comment I've read this year. Thanks for the laugh my friend.

[@chrisjsoto]

As a truck, i can confirm this comment is also 100% accurate.

[@ridetoruin]

My wife got me the hat Sly wears in this movie. What I do is I just try to take that hat and I turn it around, and it's like a switch that goes on. And when the switch goes on, I feel like another person, I feel, I don't know, I feel like a... like a truck. Like a machine.

[@digitalsmithy]

fuckin' A right

[@seyo8068]

yhea dude

[@Dave_the_Dave]

So, you're saying that you wear the hat for sex, right?

[@ridetoruin]

@@Dave_the_Dave I used to, but after 7 pregnancies we retired the hat.

[@digitalsmithy]

@@Dave_the_Dave yea totally. What he does is he just tries to take that hat and he turns it around, and it's like a switch that goes on. And when the switch goes on, he feels like another person, he feels, he doesn't know, he feels like a... like a truck. Like a machine.

[@tukjohnson5246]

This is one of the best movies ever..Shot at an actual Las Vegas armwrestling tournament in which John Brzenk won and the truck was the actual prize..Doesn't get much better than that working a real world event into a movie..Stallone rocks..

[@gam3kid]

Oh it was. Stallone's scenes were filmed right after the finals.

[@msn769]

Didnt know about Brzenk when I watched this in my youth, now I see a very young Brzenk in the montage, can I suffer through the movie again just for those scenes? Probably not.

[@littlegreenbud2067]

That arm break filmed in that movie really happened to they kept it in

[@themoviedealers]

Shoot the rodeo

[@damonappel]

Saw this in the theaters, way back in the 80's, and correctly predicted (so far) that "There'll never be another arm wrestling movie like this, ever again!"

[@fugginrambo]

The only person that possibly could hang with Sly in arm wrestling is Jeff Goldblum when he was "The Fly".

[@royaltykonceptz]

Ever!!!!

[@36AjT9]

🤣

[@Moonscentedhunter]

Holy fuck that over the top joke about the insane kid killing himself was dark af. Love you man

[@fernandogimenez7520]

So the actor kills him self in real life??

[@lennypoppins]

No. He's alive and a professional drummer.

[@TheRomanticDarkness]

"There must be 200 people in this bar. The Over the Top universe is awesome." I never thought about it like that, but yeah. 🤔

[@lancepage1914]

That scene is Epic!

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

Fuck yeah*

[@sagathedamsel2950]

"he said it was gas but the dude drinks motor oil, you can't expect him to be coherent" 😂😂😂. You are making this movies greater and even funnier by pointing out their sheer insanity. When I watched them as a kid I was so blown away by awesomeness that I didn't stop to think about all their WTFs. Great job.

[@tomhart5465]

This is by far the best arm wrestling movie of them ALL!!😏

[@brianneeley9455]

"I have goose bumps" "You definitely need 6 referees for an arm wrestling event" OMG! LMAO

[@GreenSmog17]

I grew up with this movie as a kid. Cheesy as it is. Holds a place in my heart lol.

[@willhill9416]

Everything Stallone touches is gold

[@idunbeezasmart1]

Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot... Maybe not EVERYTHING.

[@Kelveron]

Especially 'Stop! Or my mum will shoot'. :)

[@joshuachavez4880]

Expect for that XXX movie we dont talk about that one

[@martinkuliza]

Everything he touches is gold and Everything little thing he does is magic Now... I wonder how many will understand the reference ? LOL

[@martinkuliza]

@DimebagVision when stallone does magic IT BECOMES REAL huh !!! LOL

[@fridaythe13thpartx]

Not only a great movie but a great soundtrack back when that actually meant something. Back when a telephone had a 40 foot cord that plugged into the wall so you could watch the chick next door's reaction when you made an obscene phone call to her house. So I've been told.

[@dorstefan]

The soundtracks were great. Now we got mumble rap or really bad covers.

[@SpaceIce]

The 80s were just a better time

[@BadTV1993]

40 foot cord? we had a cordless phone set, you peasant .....lmao just joking..& you are right, the Soundtracks were the stuff of legend back then

[@SeektheLordsface]

@@SpaceIce hey bro I've been watching your videos for awhile now, I wanted to ask if you have blind faith that life began from random chaos?

[@aigoru8718]

Killer tunes, straight to the point stories and NO camera cuts or shaking every two damn seconds. I mean, how hard could it be to keep that damn thing steady?

[@justinrgray4979]

Trust that I was moving my fingers like Stalone when arm wrestling as a kid, and losing every time!

[@Penta_Penguin_237]

"Except for that one" Man I am dying. 😂😂😂😂

[@Mitsoxfan]

There are like a dozen movies that defined my childhood. This was one. Not surprisingly, most of those 12 involved Sly, Arnold and Rick Moranis.

[@jerede7731]

That ref was awfully interested in making sure that entire canister of oil was consumed.

[@biltrex]

I love this movie so hard. It was a huge part of my childhood. Also, that insane kid is now a progressive rock drummer, so he's clearly still insane!

[@judsongaiden9878]

Does he still have a glorious mullet?

[@stonerdemon]

Hey I didn't know that. Is he in a popular band?

[@CheetahNL]

@@stonerdemon Found him! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Keegan (Spock's Beard)

[@mattcheah69]

“…even after moving his hand backwards and slam it down like a f boss” 😂😂😂💪

[@elmalifico3708]

Honestly this movie is on my yearly rotation during Father’s Day just like I watch “The Thing” during Halloween.

[@Jpilgrim30]

I loved these 80’s movies. Over the Top was one I watched many times as a young one.

[@martinkuliza]

Personally , i thought it was a bit over the top :p

[@phils.3178]

I saw this at age 8. It was awesome back then and still is!

[@amandareynolds2781]

I was 6 in 1987. just as awesome as it was back then!!

[@twelvepercentitalian2511]

How could you forget to mention Frank Stallone’s contribution to that glorious soundtrack, Bad Nite.

[@hithere4719]

I didn’t guess it 😂

[@flossordie2256]

John Brzenk helped with this, which is amazing.

[@nunyabizness9787]

Even when this movie inspired thousands of other arm-wrestling movies, I knew it would always be the greatest of the entire vast genre. I'm still waiting for part 2 to come out.

[@josephnicolino8529]

I had no idea arm wrestling was a sport until this movie came out

[@twelvepercentitalian2511]

Yeah it’s like soccer or curling.

[@BrokenOcktive2]

Did they ever make the sequel to this? *"Under the Bottom"* ?

[@BrokenOcktive2]

yea they did, you haven't seen it!? its the movie about being shit on over & over & over again mercilessly where nothing can ever be done to resolve the same fate time & time & time again of being mercilessly shit on.

[@ChoperJoJo]

man, this is one of my favorite movie of all time no joke. It's so manly and badass, i just love it

[@ericmoralez390]

The “Over the Top” tournament to this date, remains the single biggest professional arm wrestling event in history. Many of the scenes in the montage are real footage of the tournament.

[@rinzler9775]

Out of all the movies about arm wrestling truck drivers fighting for custody of their children - this was the best.

[@zombieparrot2606]

This is one of the most interesting documentaries I’ve ever seen.

[@PulledPurk]

5:50 That's John Brzenk, the best Pro arm wrestler ever made

[@073286]

Was looking for this comment, was wondering if I was the only one who noticed. Had no clue he was in this until I watched space ice.

[@monsterram6617]

The GOAT

[@culturia3555]

Stallone for kid´s is not awesome kids level. It´s Stallone level´s awesome! Always loved this movie, always gonna do.

[@danielhardcliff85]

Cant argue with any of this

[@javieru53]

My uncle passed away last year. When he was young and i was an infant -early 90s- he looked a lot like stallone and i remember he loved arm wrestling. I'm pretty sure over the top was an inspiration for him as a young adult. Rest in peace.

[@STONESGAM]

One among many other funny things about this classic movie is that all of the top arm wrestlers in America are apparently all truck drivers. And they all want to win a new semi truck. There aren't any normal weight lifter strong men or tough guys in the contest that work regular jobs. They are all truckers who practice arm wrestling each other for cash at the truck stop diners....gearing up for big annual event in Vegas. Lol

[@robw4437]

Your vids are like driving down memory lane when action flicks were so good yet so bad and we loved them as kids despite what our mothers think

[@sergiovelasquez8525]

"Remember his promise? Well, he does!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Man, thats the funniest question/answer ive read in a long time.

[@sneakyquick]

My dad passed in 2020 and whenever we would have to do something and had no chance he would say vegas you dont have a prayer in vegas. He was the best.

[@AK-ms5zk]

5:52 John Breznk, actual dab ass 😢

[@lancepage1914]

I am an 80's kid. I told one of my mates who is born in the early 90's about Over the Top with Stallone, that it's literally an arm wrestling movie. He didn't believe me at first and had to looked it up for himself. 😆

[@valentinibori9514]

" dude drinks motor oil u cant expect him to be coherent " LMAOOO

[@georgehenry76]

The 80’s were so awesome, it makes me sad for the 8 year old I have now. She’ll never know the supreme joy of experiencing (believing) these movies with friends.

[@JyeSun818]

Seen this movie hundreds of times,classic 💪

[@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again]

This channel has single-handedly made my 40's awesome. All these movies were part of my childhood, part of my relationship with my dad, and I'm 100% on-board with the JCVD/Seagal assessments.

[@zooepic184]

Number 3 - Child custody. Lmao! Bruh, you had me rolling.

[@jcvandamme6343]

This made me want to watch “Over the Top” yet again

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

Dude just found this channel and can't stop you're like Horror Geek for action flicks.

[@kestutisstugys1189]

In my humble opinion, Stalone is one of these actors, who plays the same character with slight variation in all of his movies.

[@fanofgodjimindiva2497]

at least he's not Steven Seagal, who plays the exact same character in all his movies

[@bobblueford]

@@fanofgodjimindiva2497 🤣🤣🤣

[@nicknewman7848]

In many of them, yes. "The noble underdog/reluctant badass"

[@lancepage1914]

Speaking of which. Copland IMO is a great movie. One of the few movies where Stallone plays a different role to his usual type cast.

[@kestutisstugys1189]

@@fanofgodjimindiva2497, what character? I thought in his movies Seagal is just being himself, but unlike in real life, in his movies, everybody plays along.

[@calvinm.8102]

Dude, this has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen. I havent stopped laughing from start to finish. 10/10

[@brunospfc8511]

God Bless you John Grizzly !

[@nikos7486]

last time i saw this masterpiece of a Film I was a lil kid.... AWESOME!!!!

[@bennylevine387]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who did a deep dive on Magic Schwarz.

[@mohcen20]

Please make more Stallone, he is very damn good!😂

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

This is absolute genius I’m crying 😂

[@alexcastillo8892]

An underrated masterpiece for sure! Underrated because of the time when it was released - the percentage of fatherless homes in 1987 was much lower. Most teens at the time might've rolled their eyes at the sentimental father/son reunion hug and thought "How cheesy." More Teens of today, who wish they had a dad or dad figure would appreciate "Over The Top" , and understand "Mike" (Stallone's son in the film).

[@TappingDasVein]

How did he not mention Stallone letting his 12 yo kid drive the semi

[@AdamSnyder1234]

You didn’t mention the great ballad from Kenny Loggins, Meet Me Halfway

[@Dan.50]

I never gave this movie a chance. Maybe I'll have to check it out.

[@waitingforthepig9955]

One of the best works of art in History. That is a SCIENCE FACT.

[@JyeSun818]

"You got em Mike ,Over the too Mike, cmon Mike ,you got em you got em"🤣🤣

[@dizzy1369]

john grizzly and Ray Jackson, what a team they could be. 😂🤣🤣

[@itsamadsadbadradworld125]

wow 1 million percent on rotten tomatoes is pretty good

[@jesseyoung540]

"This movie not only has the most arm wrestling but the best as well, and that's a science fact. Except for that one."

[@notyourfriend1190]

literally listening to the "winner takes it all" movie version on a daily basis.

[@TrapperBV]

This movie has a hypnotic effect on me. I’m not even kidding. I am teleported to my childhood like no other movie does. Sappy but true. I don’t get why it doesn’t get more respect. Great vid Space!

[@rogdawg123]

over the top has to be the most over the top movie ever👍 a true classic 💪

[@salsheikh4508]

I went to SCMA Southern California Military Academy the School that was used for the filming and was there when this was filmed in OC away from our Signal Hill Campus. Saw SLY in his soft cast on his arm and he was the coolest Dude. The Kid Actor was stuck up and would't even acknowledge the rest of us....

[@SuperVolsung]

This movie and Remo Williams: The Adventure begins were my favourite films as a kid

[@ChocolateJesii]

The dude who played John Grizzly was a real armwrestler who did all the antics you see in the movie in real life.

[@lancepage1914]

Perfect character for this movie IMO. He was always the most memorable for me.

[@BulkyBouncer]

he should have been the big boss of the main event

[@knighttimestorieslv]

I remember watching Over The Top in 1987, then watching PK and the Kid a couple months later & wondering what the hell universe I was in.

[@mrt8944]

The magic Schwartz website takes me back to when I was a kid. I remember seeing those old websites. It's so bad that I feel these 80s movies including b grade movies are more entertaining than many of today's movies

[@lancepage1914]

It's because they are better. More originality. But as for pop culture in general, it plateaued a long time ago. Now the quality declines. Enter the KZbin era.

[@jerome5ify]

my childhood movie, saw it in theater for my birthday summer 1987, i was 8 and became a fan this very day, i mean the 70's/80's stallone's movies, along with Arnie's commando and Van Damme's kickboxer...excuse my grammar, i'm French

[@xbigwormx]

When i have my 1st born son I'm going to name him John Grizzly only because Space Ice said he's the most badass character in movie history.

[@nataschavisser573]

Better name choice than some.

[@josephwhiskeybeale]

Magic Schwartz had me at “Dodge Trucks”

[@hindsightjustin]

I don’t know how the algorithm knew to recommend Space Ice to me but I’m forever grateful. If you don’t agree, that Space Ice, is the greatest KZbin channel of all time, then…

[@Markb2477]

The movie not only has the most arm wrestling, but the best as well and that's a scientific fact "Except for that one" I'm dead

[@ejay3835]

Am I the only one who got goosebumps at the end scene. So good!

[@crackheadbiden7269]

I watched this movie with my daughter and now only did we like but we both cried. It was very emotional for my daughter and me.

[@monolithgeometry3221]

I can't believe anything you say , not because you might be crackhead but because you a Biden

[@martinkuliza]

Did you divorce your wife then had your wife take custody of your daughter then you entered an arm wrestling challenge so you could regain custody of your daughter FOR THE MOVIE LOL If you didn't, What sort of a father are you ? LOL

[@crackheadbiden7269]

@@martinkuliza Apparently not a good one because I didn’t do ANY of those things. lol

[@martinkuliza]

@@crackheadbiden7269 LOL

[@michaelmoore545]

Dave Patton was was the real champion...played security for Canadian champ...34 tome world champ..I trained with him....trainer of the movie..I trained with him

[@thomassprinkle1953]

God bless the 80s

[@sunnyjohnson992]

Stallone: King of the Montages!!

[@juicyfruit6311]

Rick "Bull" Zumalt became a motivational speaker later on, I think. He appeared as a ref in a lingerie arm wrestling video.

[@BulkyBouncer]

No wonder, losing to a man half his size must hurt his manliness.

[@emirares]

This is definetely an epic movie with its soundtrack and characters...I watch it almost so often over and over again..

[@ogre7737]

YES!!!! Over The Top Montage Is ‘Da 🐐’ of all montages

[@vfletes1]

Any one has a bad day.. look no further and just enjoy an EP of this man 😂😂 he will make your day.. thank you Sir.. you are put smile on my face thru bad days... 👍 Much appreciated

[@Akhelous]

This was one of my favourite movies growing up lol.

[@frankb821]

Don't forget "Meet me Halfway...Across the Sky!!!" Loggins classic

[@tahustvedt]

This was the favourite movie of the kid next door as I grew up. He was obsessed with Stallone and how he changed his grip mid wrestle.

[@nyiniamako]

"Lincoln Hawk". I just can't...

[@skummyskelly7306]

Was a little surprised you didn't include the gnarly truck calisthenics montage. He rigged up a weight machine in the cab for god sakes! The man delivers brute, gets his pump on, and mends the relationship with his snob son all at once. If that doesn't inspire you to be a better person nothing will.

[@jasoncook7378]

I love this movie. I always have.

[@darreng8256]

Bull's a great villain, just walking around yelling at everyone they ain't $#!+ the whole movie 😂

[@rasten79]

Hahaha this!!

[@yamatodamashii1179]

The word you’re looking for is, “shit. “

[@dix0n778]

That fade to black of the kid that arm wrestled with Stallone's kid was too real.

[@christoffermogensen6018]

This is THE BEST MOVIE EVER!

[@josefgordon7712]

Imagine watching this movie growing up and never seeing arm wrestling on ESPN ever

[@richardeicholtz4868]

IMO there’s no montage better than “no easy way out”. Salute to Scott Flash Norton. I saw him briefly on one of the clips.

[@ocrbeats]

He legit broke the dudes arm in the movie and walks away after he wins like it’s a normal Tuesday for him.

[@silentmodetv]

2:15 "They call me Smasher because I never have."