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Over the Top (1987) is an American sports drama featuring Sylvester Stallone in the lead role. The film was both produced and directed by Menahem Golan. Lincoln Hawk is a hardworking truck driver who also competes in arm wrestling for some extra income. His ex-wife Christina, who is suffering from a heart condition, asks that he pick up their son Michael from military school and try to establish a relationship with him – after all, Hawk had left them ten years ago. However, Michael’s affluent grandfather, Christina’s father Jason Cutler, doesn’t ...

Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Cobra (1986) is an American action film featuring Sylvester Stallone as the titular character. When a shooting at a Los Angeles supermarket turns into a hostage situation, Lt. Marion ‘Cobra’ Cobretti of the renowned ‘Zombie Squad’ is called upon by the police department to resolve it. Facing off against the shooter, who voices his belief in social Darwinism and talks of a ‘New World’, Cobretti takes him down before he can harm any hostages. As detectives process the crime scene, Cobretti receives a ...

The American black comedy slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), was co-composed and directed by Tobe Hooper, with a screenplay by L.M. Kit Carson. While on their way to the Dallas Cotton Bowl for the Texas-OU football game, two high school seniors named Buzz and Rick encounter a pickup truck on a desolate stretch of Texas highway. In their drunken state, they use their car phone to harass radio DJ Vanita ‘Stretch’ Brock live on air. Despite her attempts to get them to hang up, Stretch is forced to keep the line open. Suddenly, Leatherface appears ...

The film, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986), was directed by Gary Nelson. Following their successful journey to King Solomon’s Mines, Allan Quatermain and Jesse have settled in colonial Africa where they plan to get married. While Jesse intends to travel to America for the wedding, Allan is feeling restless. One day, a man being chased by two masked individuals appears from the jungle. It turns out that he is a friend of Quatermain’s who has been delirious and seeking help. Despite receiving care from Jesse and Allan, the man is killed by his pursuers at night. Before passing away, he reveals ...

King Solomon’s Mines (1985) is an action-packed adventure based on H. Rider Haggard’s famous 1880 novel of the same name. Jesse Huston enlists the help of Allan Quatermain to locate her missing father, Professor Huston. Together with Umbopo, a mysterious companion, they venture into uncharted territory following an allegedly authentic map. However, little do they know that Professor Huston has been taken captive by their rivals – Colonel Bockner, a German military leader, and Dogati, a notorious Turkish slave-trader and adventurer who has been at odds with Quatermain for quite some time. Under duress, ...