Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 07/25/1986(USA)
Release Date: 11/07/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Trinity
Writer-director
Stephen King falls short in his debut at the helm with
Maximum Overdrive, an absurd tale about a radiation storm that somehow animates machines across the world, causing them to turn on their makers. The film focuses on a group of survivors held captive at the Dixie Boy Diner by a group of bad-tempered semis. Led by
Emilio Estevez, the diner-goers do their impression of
Ten Little Indians, waiting their turn until each gets bumped off one by one. There are holes in the plot big enough for the semis to drive through; for example, why don't the trucks run over the diner at the start of the film rather than wait for ninety minutes?
Maximum Overdrive's only distinction is that it is, without question, one of the worst films released in the '80s.
~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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