over-the-top

Reader's Digest 1月号の映画紹介コーナーにTINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPYの説明がありました。
Don't expect Bond style over-the-top action, but a brooding, calculated examination of the human cost of spy games in this new adaptation of John le Carre's classic 1974 espionage novel.
"over-the-top action" はボンド（００７）のアクションですから派手なアクションと思いますが、辞書で確認します。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: extremely or excessively flamboyant or outrageous: an over-the-top performance
・Macmillan Dictionary: someone or something that is over-the-top is so extreme that they seem unreasonable or silly: go over-the-top: She’s really has gone completely over-the-top with this wedding.
・Wiktionary: (idiomatic) Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; outrageous: He has always had an independent style, but don't you think purple spiky hair is a bit over the top?
最後に引用したWiktionaryに合成語のハイフンの使用法について次ぎの注が付いていました。
Usage notes
Over the top occurs only following a copula as the object of a sentence, as above, whereas
Over-the-top is used where the adjective occurs before the word it modifies, as He gave an over-the-top performance.