Over the Top

Regiment... dismissed!

- We did it! - You made it.

- You got a fine boy there. - Thank you.

- Deliveries in the rear. - I'm picking up Cadet Cutler.

- OK. Pass, sir. - Thanks.

Who's he?

Smile, everybody.

What's he doing here?

Excuse me. Can I get you to pay attention?

Forget about him. Pay attention to me. I'm trying to get a picture here. Smile.

Oh, thanks, Dad. Hey, are we gonna get to see Ma?

- Is this the Michael Cutler limo? - Yes, sir.

- Where's my grandfather? - He'll be arriving at the airport in an hour.

- Cutler! - Yes, sir!

- The colonel wants to see ya. - Right away, sir.

Wait here.

- Colonel Finley. - Sir.

The colonel wishes to see me, sir.

- Your father wishes to, Cadet. - My father?

Yes. He's come to drive you home.

Hello, Mike.

- I don't have a father, sir. - This is your father, Michael.

My grandfather has instructed me to go home with no one

besides himself or my mother.

Your mother has legal custody over you, Cutler. Not your grandfather.

And it is her request that your father bring you home.

- Sir, may I ask a question? - Of course.

May I see some identification on this man?

That's not called for, Cadet.

That's OK. I'm ready.

Are we going in this? Why can't we fly?

Your mother thought it'd be a good way for us to get to know each other.

How long will it take?

Well, I have one more pickup and, say, two, three days we'll be in California.

And your mother doesn't go into surgery, say, until Wednesday morning.

Do you really think you can make up ten years in two to three days?

No.

- Here, let me help you. - I can do it myself.

- I'd like to say something, sir. - Sure.

This truck is disgusting.

I don't know, Mike. It's just old. Once in a stretch up to Vegas, this thing got up to...

Sir, there's no need to make any conversation for my sake.

So much for small talk.

OK. Here we go.

- Can I ask you a question, sir? - Sure.

How did you get all these pictures of me?

- Well, your mother sent 'em to me. - Why?

I've been writing to her for a long time and I asked for pictures

so I could see how you were growing up.

Looks good.

If you two had been writing, how come I never got a birthday card,

or a letter, or anything?

- What are you saying, Mike? - I never heard from you.

I've written to you 100 times. Birthdays, all the time. What do you mean, I never...?

Well, you must have sent 'em to the wrong address, cos I never got anything.

Could you pull over? I'm feeling sick.

- What's wrong? - Would you please pull over, sir?

Hey! Mike!

Mike!

Look out!

Mike!

Hey, what the hell are you doing?

- Mike! - Put a leash on that kid!

Mike, no. No. Mike!

Mike, Mike. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.

- Mike. Stop it. - I hate you.

Then hate me. We have to start someplace.

OK?

Come on. Let's go back.

- You said you took care of it. - I did, Mr Cutler, but...

- Forget it. Forget it! - Yes, sir.

The boy's mother called, Mr Cutler. She insisted that Michael leave with his father.

Don't you understand?

My daughter is in no condition to make that kind of a decision.

I didn't fly all the way up here to be simply told

you turned my grandson over to that worthless bastard!

I can't tolerate stupidity. I'll bring this up to the attention of the board.

I'm sorry about the...

- I'm sorry about the jacket. - It's no problem. You'll get the bill.

I'm sure.

If you're hungry, there's a great place up here for good steak.

What do you say we stop?

You're going to be a victim of cholesterol poisoning.

Later in life, you'll just start to rot away.

You're just full of good humour, aren't you, Mike?

Well, let's try it, anyway.

OK.

- Hey, Linc. - How you doing, Tom?

Just fine.

- Hook me up? - No problem.

Let's eat, Mike.

Hey, Linc. Good to see you, man.

Hey, Linc.

How do you like the place, Mike?

I never did like the zoo, sir.

Why don't you sit down?

- Hey, Linc. Hi. How are you doing? - Hi, Martha. Fine. Fine.

- Martha, this is my kid Mike. - Well, Mike.

- How do you do, ma'am? - Ma'am? Whoo! I like that.

- So, what'll it be? A couple of big steaks? - For me. Mike'll have chicken.

- Fried bird. Sure. - No. Excuse me.

For a man who exercises, you don't know much about nutrition.

A fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes has 1,000 calories and 50% fat.

These fats have been linked to heart disease and some cancer.

So, what would you like?

Tuna salad, whole wheat toast and spring water with lemon.

- OK. - Double that.

All right.

If you want, we can go to McDonald's or something.

You Hawk?

- If you're hungry... - I said, are you Hawk?

- What can I do for you? - I'm the Smasher.

That's a nice name.

All I've been hearing on the road lately is this Hawk is the man to beat.

- Can't believe everything you hear. - I don't believe anything!

- Kill him, Smasher! - 1,000 says I can tear your arm off.

- You want it? - Yeah! Yeah! Go on.

- He's trying to back out. - I said, you want it?

Why not?

Let's get this table ready. I wanna show this guy something.

- Come on. - Break his arm off.

- Are you gonna fight that guy? - I can't talk right now, Mike.

Where are you going?

Gotta go to work.

- Three on the Hawk! - Four!

Come on, Linc. Linc, this guy's insane.

- Three on the Hawk. - Linc, he's yours.

- What are you doing with that guy? - He's my father.

Too bad.

All right! Start the fight! Start the fight!

Get ready.

Get ready. Go!

Shit.

You ain't got it!

Get him, Linc! Come on, Linc! Get him!

Yeah!

Come on! You can do it! Come on!

Over the top. Come on, over the top!

Aaagh!

Come on, jerk. Give me the money. Give me the money!

- I ain't givin' you no money. He cheated! - You wise guy, you.

So you got lucky again, huh, Hawk?

- How you doing, Bull? - Better than you.

Right now, double or nothing. What do you say?

- Let's just wait for Vegas. - Let's do it now. I feel like kicking ass.

- Let's wait till Vegas, OK? - You ain't got a prayer in Vegas.

We'll see.

Too bad your old man's yellow, kid.

I'll see you in Vegas.

Get out of the way. Back up.

I'm sorry about that, Mike.

You're a hustler. You hustled that man back there for money.

- No... - I'd like to call my mother.

You have to give it time, Michael. You have to be patient.

I know how you feel, but you must do it. It's important.

I know you want me to do it, but I don't even know him.

- I want you to try. It's important to me. - Why? I thought everything was fine.

There's so much more to life than what you've seen.

- But he left you. - He had his reasons.

Look, I have to go now, but I want to talk to your father first, OK? I love you.

OK. I love you too. Bye.

- She wants to talk to you. - Thanks.

How you doing, honey?

Mike, would you hold that? Thank you.

Hi, honey. How are you? Yeah, we're having a great time.

Yeah, he's very helpful. As a matter of fact, he's helping me right now.

That was a nice song.

Mike, I think we're wearing out this knob here.

- Can I ask you a question? - Sure.

Are you still dealing drugs, sir? Are you?

- You think of that all by yourself, Mike? - My grandfather gave me the facts.

The truth is I never did what your grandfather said I did, Mike.

The only mistake I ever made was leaving. I admit that.

So how'd you like the arm-wrestling match back there?

- It's an experience. - It sure was.

Christina.

How are you, darling?

- Are you angry with me? - Angry? Have I ever been angry with you?

Tell me the truth.

All right, I'll tell you the truth. I'm not angry.

But I am disappointed.

I just wanted him to know his father.

Michael's father is no good.

Your wanting to bring him back in this family is all wrong.

Christina, I know you're worried about leaving Michael alone.

But surely you understand I'm all the family Michael will ever need.

- You're not his father. - I have been his father for 12 years!

Let's not talk about this any more. It's going to turn out all right. Trust me.

Rest now, sweetheart. I'll come by a little later.

If there are any calls for my daughter, I wanna know.

Yes, Mr Cutler.

From the reports, they can't find him.

I want my grandson found. I don't care how you do it. Do it!

Yes, sir.

- Why'd you stop? - Well, I think we all need a rest.

I don't see a hotel.

Well, Mike, I thought we'd stay in the truck tonight. A lot of truckers do it.

- If you can do it, I can do it. - That's the spirit.

- Well, good night, Mike. - Good night, sir.

By the way, if your neck gets sore tonight, you can use my shoulder for a pillow.