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Maximum Overdrive
“Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!”
5.8 / 10• 1986• 1h 38m•R• English
HorrorActionScience Fiction
Storyline
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 & Crew
Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson
Lead
Pat Hingle
Hendershot
Laura Harrington
Brett
Yeardley Smith
Connie
John Short
Curt
Ellen McElduff
Wanda June
J.C. Quinn
Duncan
Christopher Murney
Camp Loman
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen King's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Maximum Overdrive is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
