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Maximum Overdrive (1986)

 -  Action | Horror | Sci-Fi  -  25 July 1986 (USA)
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A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

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Cast

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Bubba Hendershot
Laura Harrington ...
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John Short ...
Ellen McElduff ...
J.C. Quinn ...
Duncan Keller
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Camp Loman
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Deke Keller
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Handy
Pat Miller ...
Joe
Jack Canon ...
Max
Barry Bell ...
Steve Gayton
John Brasington ...
Frank
J. Don Ferguson ...
Andy
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Storyline

For 8 days in 1986, the earth passed through the tail of a mysterious Rea-M rogue comet. During that time, machines on earth suddenly come to life and terrorize their human creators. A small group of people in a truck stop, surrounded by "alive" semi-trailers, set out to stop the machines before the machines stop them. Written by Matt McQuillan <mjment@hotmail.com>

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truck | machine | truck stop | earth | comet | See more »

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Stephen King's masterpiece of terror directed by the master himself. See more »

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Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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R | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

25 July 1986 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Ocho días de terror  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$7,433,663 (USA)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The trailer for this film used the John Carpenter/Alan Howarth score from Halloween III: Season of the Witch. See more »

Goofs

Near the end of the movie, Brett asks Billy "Where's Brett?" She is asking for Brad by the wrong name and says her own name, instead. See more »

Quotes

Deke: [hears order board and walks up to it slowly, raising the machine gun and sliding the bolt] This is for my dad, you loudmouth son of a bitch.
Deke: [after shooting the board, unstraps the gun and hands it to Brett] I don't want this anymore.
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Soundtracks

All these songs are available on a soundtrack album called
"Who Made Who", but some appear in their original format and not the version heard in the movie.
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HOORAH, STEAM ROLLER!!!!
14 June 2003 | by (Colorado) – See all my reviews

Get sick of movies with intricate plots, outstanding acting, and multiple Academy Award nominations? Then go grab Maximum Overdrive! 90 minutes of mindless truck attacks, rocket launchers and A STEAM ROLLER RUNNING OVER A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER!!! Now, most readers are probably thinking that this is a pretty sick review, but keep in mind that this is A MOVIE. Not real life. Even with all of this in mind, I think it is fair to say that Stephen King did a fair job with the directing. It's by no means fantastic, but it is far better done than most Cult Classic, B-flicks. Happy watching!


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