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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 ...

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, ...

Joe (1970) is an American drama film written by Norman Wexler and directed by John G. Avildsen. The story centers around Advertising executive Bill Compton, his wife Joan, and daughter Melissa who reside in New York’s affluent Upper East Side. Unfortunately, Melissa has been living with her drug-dealing boyfriend and after she overdoses, Compton goes to the boyfriend’s apartment to retrieve her belongings. In a moment of intense anger, he ends up killing the boyfriend. Later on at a local bar, Compton hears Joe Curran expressing his disdain for hippies and ...