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Maximum Overdrive
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5.8When 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.
Released: 1986-07-1398 minDir: Stephen KingHorror, Action, Science FictionBudget: $10.0MBox office: $7.4M
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Cast
- Emilio Estevez as Bill Robinson
- Pat Hingle as Hendershot
- Laura Harrington as Brett
- Yeardley Smith as Connie
- John Short as Curt
- Ellen McElduff as Wanda June
Themes
- man vs machine
- gas station
- roadhouse
- dark comedy
- siege
- lorry
- comet
- automation
- truck
- arcade
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- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 713446
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- publication date
- 1986-11-20
- title
- Maximum Overdrive
- review score
- 14%
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1980s psychological thriller films1986 American films1986 directorial debut films1986 English-language films1986 films1986 horror films1986 science fiction films1986 science fiction horror filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsAmerican science fiction horror filmsComets in filmDe Laurentiis Entertainment Group filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms based on American short storiesFilms based on works by Stephen KingFilms directed by Stephen KingFilms produced by Martha De LaurentiisFilms scored by musical groupsFilms set in 1987Films set in North CarolinaFilms set in the futureFilms shot in North CarolinaFilms with screenplays by Stephen King