A determined trucker arm-wrestles his way to redemption and a second chance with his estranged son.
Feel-good and earnest. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, The Roku Channel (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
No surprises for a PG: mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
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Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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