Stars: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey, Yeardley Smith

Director: Stephen King

Summary: This is the story of a crazy nightmare world which is slowly being overpowered by domestic machines, lawn mowers, soda dispensers etc. Soon the attacks become serious, building to a last ditch stand against a horde of massive trucks.

A nightmare world of machines are taking over the Earth. At first the problems seem minor as gas pumps stop pumping fuel, video games flash and beep uncontrollably, and soda machines spit change and soda pop wildly. However, when the carnage begins, a small group of people make a last stand against a horde of massive 18-wheelers. A comic horror flick from Stephen King, based on his short story "Trucks."

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"I'm gonna scare the hell out of you" intones Stephen King in the trailer for his sole directorial effort, the much-maligned Maximum Overdrive. While the end result doesn't live up to that boast, this SF/horror tale isn't as awful as it's been described. King's script (based on his short story "Trucks") focuses on the patrons of a North Carolina truck stop, which comes under attack by a convoy of trucks and other machines animated by Earth's passage through the tail of a "rogue comet".

King's fans, tired of half-baked screen adaptations such as Cujoand Children of the Corn, expected a horror home run from Maximum Overdriveand instead got an old-fashioned drive-in movie filled with car crashes, cheapjack gore and fart jokes. Needless to say, they stayed away in droves; the film's failure helped ruin producer Dino De Laurentiis's DEG Films and forced King sheepishly to claim that he had created a modern-day Plan Nine from Outer Space. While the film is torpidly paced and often amateurishly acted, it's no worse than any direct-to-video thriller, and King's ear for dialogue occasionally shines through the gloom. Emilio Estevez and Pat Hingle register as a heroic cook and his black-hearted boss, respectively; the cast includes Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson's voice), Giancarlo Esposito and Marla Maples as a victim. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer, Stills Gallery
Year:	1986
Release Date:	September 8, 2003
Runtime:	94 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M P 210 D
Label:	Take One Collection
Keywords:	General, Maximum, Overdrive, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult