Maximum Overdrive
Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
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.
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Action
Science Fiction
Comedy
5.8
845 reviewsRuntime: 98 min.
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $7,400,000
Release Date: 1986-07-13
Director(s): Stephen King
Production: DEG
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0091499
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atticbuzz★ 8/101/31/2026
I really don’t get the hate on this movie. It’s brilliant. Sure, the director (Stephen King) was coked up, and some of the acting is over-the-top (“we made you!”), but this is a brilliant premise with great execution. It’s totally 80s, but that’s a strength, not a weakness. It also has a killer soundtrack by AC/DC.