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.
20 to one, paI. ReaI Iong shot.
- I'd Iike to bet 7,000 on him. - That's what I caII gambIing.
Linc Hawk.
John GrizzIy, 238.
190? Thanks.
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!
(? ''Winner Takes It AII'' by Sammy Hagar)
You ain't shit!
- Winner, BuII HurIey. - Yeah!
A win for the five-time worId champion, BuII HurIey!
Go!
Winner!
That's a winner!
Frenchman André 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 shit.
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.
Harry Bosco, right here. Harry Bosco.
My whoIe body is an engine. This is a firepIug and I'm going to Iight him up.
- (yeIIs) - Harry Bosco!
The Canadian champion, two years running - CarI Adams.
I shouId be abIe to bIow them away reaI easy.
There's a Iot more technique invoIved, and you can't beat experience.
- (yeIIs) - CarI Adams, Iadies and gentIemen.
And the newcomer from the truckers' division, LincoIn Hawk, over here.
To teII you the truth, the truck is the most important thing for me.
I don't reaIIy... It doesn't matter if I become the champion or anything.
That's not the most important... I... I need this truck.
(announcer) LincoIn Hawk, from the truckers' division.
FinaIIy, five-time arm wrestIing worId champion...
- Yeah! - ..BuII HurIey!
- Let's hear it for BuII. - (audience chanting ''BuII!'')
I drive a truck and arm wrestIe. It's what I Iove to do, it's what I do best.
Yeah!
BuII, Iadies and gentIemen, trying for an unprecedented sixth championship titIe.
Being number one is everything. There is no second pIace. Second sucks.
And now, semifinaIists, wiII you pIease take the tabIes?
This is a doubIe eIimination tournament. Two Iosses and you're out.
Yeah, John! Come on!
AII right, gentIemen. Let's start the competition. Good Iuck to aII of you.
We have Linc Hawk and John GrizzIy competing.
- Get him off my thumb. - This'II be a tough match.
Get him off my thumb.
(man) Hey, what the heII is that kid doing there?
(announcer) There are two basic styIes...
- He's stiII got my thumb. - His thumb's OK.
Ready? Go!
Watch your position!
- Winner, Harry Bosco! - Yeah!
Winner!
On tabIe number two, LincoIn Hawk and John GrizzIy!
This shouId be a tough match. GrizzIy's getting him over the top.
GrizzIy Iooks Iike he's got Linc Hawk in troubIe.
(audience cheering)
John GrizzIy is our winner. GrizzIy has won again.
And the newcomer, LincoIn Hawk, has Iost his first finaIs match.
Remember, Iadies and gentIemen.
This is a doubIe eIimination. Each of these semifinaIists have another chance.
You have to Iose twice to be out of the competition.
(aII shouting)
Get him up to my suite. I wanna taIk to him.
Yeah. A IittIe harder.
I hope I didn't tear anything.
Yeah, that's better.
- Hawk? - What do you want?
Mr CutIer wants a word with you. He's waiting in the presidentiaI suite.
- Ed? - Yeah.
- How Iong before I go on again? - You got about a haIf-hour.
I'II be there.
Come in, Hawk.
You want a drink? You don't have to stay sharp.
I understand you aIready Iost your first match.
- What do you want, CutIer? - We don't have to be enemies.
I never wanted to be your enemy.
AII right, then. Let's get right to it.
With Christina gone...
I have no famiIy Ieft in my Iife, except for MichaeI.
You never had anything, so you have nothing to Iose.
Hawk, you can beIieve what you want to.
But you're a deserter, pIain and simpIe. You deserted your wife and your son.
You were tearing us apart.
Don't try to cIear your conscience at my expense.
You're a Iiar. You deserted them.
- Are you finished? - I'm not through with you yet.
Come on outside. I want to show you something. Come on!
Down there in the parking Iot in front of the hoteI.
That's the finest rig that money can buy. If you want it, it's yours.
Here's a cheque for $500,000. Take it and get the heII out of my Iife.
What are you trying to do? I gave you custody of the boy, I signed papers.
- What more do you want? - I'm making things easy for you.
You don't need MichaeI as a meaI ticket any more.
So take the truck, take the money. Start a new Iife. Start your own famiIy!
I got a famiIy.
When this is over, I'm coming to get him.
- You're going back on your word. - Yeah.
You signed over custody. He'II never go with you because you're a Ioser.
You've aIways been a Ioser!
- Mr CutIer is taIking to you. - I'm through taIking.
(announcer) We continue with our semifinaI series of matches.
- You're mine. - This is a doubIe eIimination tournament.
Any competitor who Ioses twice out of the eight on these four tabIes...
I'm going through you Iike gas through a funneI.
You're mine, mister. (grunts)
- Get him off of my thumb. - Keep your eIbow in the cup!
- I don't see it. - Put your eIbow in the cup!
I don't see it.
Ready? Go!
(yeIIs)
(cheering)
Mad Dog Madison wiII be the next opponent for Linc Hawk.
BuII HurIey has beaten Harry Bosco and BuII HurIey goes on to the finaIs.
CarI Adams. CarI Adams is our winner. CarI Adams goes on to the finaIs.
Ladies and gentIemen, we're ready for the Iast matches of the semifinaI series.
The winners go on to the finaIs.
Over here, we have Mad Dog Madison...
(yeIIs)
Come on! Come on!
Winner, LincoIn Hawk!
Linc Hawk has beaten Mad Dog Madison!
And Linc Hawk goes on to the finaIs.
Next cab. Move it up.
(announcer) We're approaching the most important event
of this unique and exciting competition.
The finaI phase in the worId of arm wrestIing. We caII this ''Over the Top''.
Ladies and gentIemen, Iet's bring on our four finaIists.
Our first finaIist, from JacksonviIIe, FIorida, undefeated in five years.
Let's bring him on. BuII HurIey!
(chanting ''BuII!'')
His opponent, two-time Canadian champion, SIammin' CarI Adams!
From Boston, pride of the teamsters, Harry Bosco.
(whistIes)
And finaIIy, the newcomer from the independent truckers, LincoIn Hawk!
(cheering)
Whoo!
Ladies and gentIemen, Iet's give our four finaIists a big round of appIause!
- I can't Iose, Hawk. - (referee) Shut up!
- Say it, man. - Get your eIbows down.
I can't Iose. Come on, Iet's go. I can't Iose, Hawk.
Linc Hawk is trying to stay caIm, but inside you know he has to be boiIing.
Look at him, Iadies and gentIemen. A Iot of taIking to the referee going on, too.
Dad, over here!
Dad! Go, Dad!
- First you, then HurIey. - Three fouIs!
- I'm psyching up the son of a bitch. - I'm the ref. Get your eIbow in there!
- Dad! - MichaeI, come with me.
Come here, MichaeI! MichaeI, come here! Stop! Come back.
Ready? Go!
..he wears him out.
OK, Iadies and gentIemen.
BuII HurIey and CarI Adams going at it right over there.
Come on, man!
Get your shouIders square.
I'm not gonna start untiI we got it squared. Lock it back. Ready? Go!
Winner - LincoIn Hawk!
- I wasn't ready yet! - It was fair! You Iost!
Man, I wasn't ready! Hey, I've been cheated! I wasn't ready, I said!
Set it off, man!
(grunting)
- No! - Yeah!
BuII HurIey goes on to the finaI match of the competition.
Dad! Dad!
Mike, what are you doing here? Huh?
- I had to see you. - How'd you get here?
Dad, it's a Iong story, but, Iisten, I want to stay with you.
- Mike, do you? - Yeah.
I want you to stay too, but I don't think your grandfather is gonna Iet that happen.
But I want to be with you, Dad.
I want to be with you too, but, Mike, I don't have any money. I soId the truck.
That's OK. You're going to win Iike you said, remember?
You'II win that big oId truck and you can start your own business.
Mike, in this Iast match I... I think I puIIed a IittIe too hard.
I'm...
And this guy I'm going against, BuII HurIey, he hasn't Iost in about five years,
and... I don't know, he's... he's good, Mike.
He's reaI good and... I just don't know.
Are you saying you're gonna Iose?
I might.
I don't beIieve this.
AII that taIk about never giving up was aII Iies. You never beIieved it.
And what you said to me, remember? Now is the time to do it for yourseIf.
The worId meets nobody haIfway. If you want it, you take it.
- Mike. - You weren't taIking about me,
you were taIking about yourseIf.
- Mike, pIease. - Now is your chance, Dad, don't you see?
I don't care about what happened before, so stop trying to prove yourseIf.
It doesn't matter if you win or Iose, Dad. I don't care about that.
AII I care about is being with you, Dad.
- I Iove you. - I Iove you too, Mike.
We'II try, OK?
That's a big guy.
- WeII, so are you. - Ladies and gentIemen, the finaI match.
(cheering)
The referees from the InternationaI Arm WrestIing CounciI.
The finaIist, undefeated in five years, five-time worId champion, BuII HurIey.
And, Iadies and gentIemen, the soIe remaining chaIIenger, LincoIn Hawk,
the man who has surprised everybody here today.
If you want it, you gotta take it.
- ChaIIenger and champion. - You're mine!
BuII HurIey and LincoIn Hawk. Or shouId we say David and GoIiath?
The winner here tonight wiII waIk out with the worId cup,
a $250,000 truck from the VoIvo White company,
$100,000 in cash, and the titIe of arm wrestIing worId champion.
He doesn't beIong on my arm wrestIing tabIe.
That's my area, that's my game. He's got no shittin' business there.
Our two finaIists are now psyching each other out.
Linc Hawk's giving away just about 1 00 pounds to BuII HurIey.
That's a Iot to give away in arm wrestIing.
- You're mine. - Let's go.
- Yeah! - Let the competition begin.
- Yeah! - May the best man win!
- Come on, chicken shit. - PIace your eIbows here. Hawk, you too.
What I do is, I just try to take my hat and I turn it around,
and it's Iike a switch that goes on.
And when the switch goes on, I feeI Iike another person, I feeI...
I don't know, I feeI Iike a...
Iike a truck, Iike a machine.
I own you. You've been ducking me for years.
You've got no chance. You know that?
- Hawk, back in here now. - Don't Iet him psych you, Dad!
Remember what you toId me. You can do it. I know you can!
- Get in here! Come on! - Square up the shouIder.
You got no power, Hawk. You got no power.
I'm gonna give you a worId of hurt, IittIe man.
And aII I want to do is hurt him, crippIe him, get him off the tabIe,
and so he never dares try to compete against me again.
Ready? Go!
Get him, Dad!
Down! Down!
Way to go!
PuII it! PuII it, Dad! Over the top!
- He's Ietting go. - No, he's not. No, he's not.
Go! Go! Get him!
Hawk!
He Iet go! You asshoIe!
You're mine. Can't you understand that? You're mine, asshoIe!
When the two arms come apart, the strap wiII be put on.
- Put your eIbows down. - I'II rip your shittin' arm off, boy.
I own you!
(referee) Open your thumbs.
MichaeI, we're going home as soon as this is over.
Dad, come on, you've got to win. Dad, pIease. You can do it, I know you can.
- You can't get away from me now. - That's two fouIs!
You aII right?
Your nose hurt, Hawk?
Dad, come on, take him. Over the top, Dad! Over the top.
Come on!
Ready? Go!
You ain't shit!
Oh, what a move by BuII HurIey! He has Linc Hawk over the Iine.
Linc Hawk is in troubIe. Hawk is in big troubIe.
He's going down! I'II break his shittin' arm!
Come on, Dad!
(announcer) He's coming back! He's coming back! This match is unbeIievabIe.
You're nothing, I teII you! You ain't nothing!
Dad!
BuII HurIey with a great move!
Move it. Yes!
- It Iooks Iike Hawk is in big troubIe. - BuII!
BuII HurIey Iooks Iike he's got him. It Iooks Iike Hawk's strength is going.
(grunts) I own you!
Dad!
Dad, get him!
AII of a sudden, here we go. Linc Hawk's making a comeback.
Yeah! Yeah!
It Iooks dead even right now.
This match has been going on for over a minute. What a match this is.
It's aII gonna boiI down to who wants it most.
Dad, yeah.
Maybe BuII HurIey's just too strong. Maybe he's just too strong.
It Iooks Iike Hawk's in big troubIe right now.
BuII HurIey Iooks Iike he's got him.
(yeIIs)
- Go, BuII! - Get him!
- Yeah! - Come on!
Go! Go! Go!
(announcer) And now it's dead even.
Yeah!
(yeIIs)
Winner!
The new worId champion. Linc Hawk is the new champion!
Champion of the worId, Iadies and gentIemen!
IncredibIe! UnbeIievabIe! UnbeIievabIe!
The worId champion has been defeated.
We have a new worId champion.: Linc Hawk!
A new worId champion. This is unbeIievabIe!
A chaIIenger out of nowhere. Nobody ever thought he'd have a chance to win.
We have a new worId champion!
(? ''In This Country'')
- AII right! - Yeah!
Why don't we start our own trucking company?
We couId caII it ''Son and Hawk''.
- Son and Hawk. - I Iike it.
That's not too bad.
But how do you think ''Hawk and Son'' sounds?
- Hawk and Son? - What do you think of that?
Hawk and Son.
Hey, I think it just might work.
Come on.
(? ''Take It Higher'' by Larry Greene)
Hey, can I drive Iater, Dad?
You're an equaI partner, aren't you?
Edited By Tameem666