Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Get ready for the ultimate battle of man vs. bloodthirsty machine in this terrifying Stephen King classic! For three horrifying days the Earth passes through the tail of a mysterious comet. The skies glow an eerie green as humanity waits to see what the fallout will be. But what they imagine is nothing like the nightmare they find - the comet's magnetic fields cause all of the machines on Earth to suddenly come to life and terrorize their human creators in a horrific killing spree. Now its up to a small group of people trapped in a desolate truckstop to defeat the killer machines - or be killed by them!System Requirements:Runnign Time: 81 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 692865147336 Manufacturer No: T-1473 Product Description

Great Fun!!

This movie, while not a great movie in any sense of the word, is still great fun! It's a "It's Saturday afternoon and I'm bored so I think I'll watch Maximum Overdrive." movie. It doesn't ask for anything and it is entertaining.
August 30, 2008

Great Movie!! No Extras to Brag About!!

I loved this movie as a kid, and still love it now! Such a classic that deserves more extra junk than it's getting on the DVD treatment. I gotta admit, though: the new cover is an improvement over the abortion they used in the theaters and VHS cover, though I do miss the body hanging out of the grill as in an earlier version.

This was adapted and directd by my fave, Steve King. Though I'm not too crazy about the soundtrack (Who Made Who), the movie still holds up well today...despite it's cheese-factor.

Oh, and I loved the scene where the dork gets blasted in the eyes with gasoline, and then later gets his head squashed by the truck; dude should have stayed home that day! August 6, 2008

maximum overdrive

If you like really gory. This is your movie. Stephen King need I say more? July 20, 2008

Maximum Overdrive

This is a decent Stephen King story and the music is certainly good with AC/DC rocking the air waves. The first time I saw this I wasn't as impressed but over the years this has actually aged well. The more I viewed it the more I appreciated that it is fun like the George Romero Undead movies. When a Alien controlled Comet's tail turns the sky green all the machines turn against humans. So anything from a electric carving knife to a Semi-Trailer Truck is deadly. The worst of all is a tractor-trailer with a big green goblin face on the front of the grill and toys in the back. Emilio Estevez and the rest the cast do a fine job making this horror come to life. Good quality DVD with decent replayability. If you enjoyed this catch "The Thing" (1982) and "Dawn of the Dead" (2004). - C. Luster July 14, 2008

This was fun to watch

I probably never would have watched or heard of this movie if it wasn't for my boss. He warned me that the movie is pretty cheesy, but in a good way. Sometimes I'm into cheesy films, but the premise of this film just seemed too goofy, so I was prepared for quite a flop. Much to my surprise I ended up rather enjoying this movie.

Basically a cosmic anomaly interferes with Earth and all the machines start coming to life, including vehicles and so forth, and start attacking people. The story is set in a very small town and despite the fact this problem is happening everywhere, this is about how those specific people tried to survive the horror. It's kind of a ridiculous concept, but it's written by Stephen King and usually he has a pretty creative take on such things. I'm not sure other writers would have been able to make this concept interesting, but King sure does, he really makes you wonder what's going to happen and there's plenty of dark humor to be had... in a sick and twisted way of course. I may not be much of an avid King reader, but I do enjoy the movies that are taken from his library.

This is sort of an a-typical mid-80's film, so those in my age group will probably know what it means. It means the cinematography isn't going to hugely compete with newer films, which will always have newer and better technology. The acting is a little over acted in many scenes, which seems to be another common thread for under produced films in the 1980's. Regardless of budget, I thought they put together a pretty interesting story and made it fun to watch overall. It's got a lot of bad qualities which make it funny, but the way it plays out, its kind of obvious that it's intentional, so can't knock them for that! I mean, it's kind of obvious this is supposed to have a degree of dark humor and fun to it when you see the soundtrack is done by AC/DC.

Overall this was definitely worth the watch for me. It's just a fun movie, regardless of how stupid some of the scenarios are. It's not overly gory and it focuses more on the people struggling to survive and how they plan their escape. So it does have a bit of that campy horror quality to it. It certainly won't be the greatest movie you ever see, but it sure is fun when you watch it. June 4, 2008

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