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Maximum Overdrive Details

1986

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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-.. Read more

Starring	Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey
Director	Stephen King
Genres	Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Maximum Overdrive

Starring	Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey, Yeardley Smith
Director	Stephen King
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate
Genres	Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 08 Sep 2003

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- "...[The] entire film looks good, highlighted by Armando Nannuzzi's crisp cinematography...[The] Heavy metal score by AC/DC fits like a glove..."
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  This film is the best example I have seen of a movie being so bad that it's actually entertaining. Everything is terrible - the acting, the dialogue, the ... read more »
  
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  not one of the best stephen king films i've seen in a long time just might be that the old one's are not my cup of tea!
  
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  A classic and worth a watch if you have never seen. 7/10.
  
  It was time to take a break from the modern day film world and embrace a classic. I had not seen this film in at least 10 years whilst my wife had never seen it... read more »
  
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  Maximum Overdrive
  
  Ha Ha!
  
  One star or Five stars????
  
  So bad it's brilliant!
  
  I'm a HUGE Stephen King fan so I'll watch anything based ... read more »
  
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  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 ...