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MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE

1986 • US HMDB
July 13, 1986

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

Cast

Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, Ellen McElduff, J.C. Quinn, Christopher Murney, Holter Graham, Frankie Faison
Horror Azione Commedia Fantascienza

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Due to the astral conjunction of Earth with a comet, machines start rebelling against humans causing disasters. Some people take refuge in a gas station to try to escape the crazy cars and wait for the comet's effect to fade. King attempts to bring one of his most famous stories to the screen, but he directs a film that is at times too slow and lacks the gripping rhythm of the novel it is based on. Ugly, avoidable, we prefer King as a writer than as a director.