Description:When the tail of rogue comet Rhea-M passes through Earth's atmosphere, humanity's worst nightmares come to life as machines gradually develop minds of their own, turning on their creators in bloody rebellion. At the Dixie Boy truck stop just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, both workers and patrons alike are coming to grips with thWhen the tail of rogue comet Rhea-M passes through Earth's atmosphere, humanity's worst nightmares come to life as machines gradually develop minds of their own, turning on their creators in bloody rebellion. At the Dixie Boy truck stop just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, both workers and patrons alike are coming to grips with the horror as a series of increasingly bizarre accidents occur, some injurious, some near-fatal, and some fatal. The terror finally comes to a head when the parked trucks - led by one for a toy company which sports a demonically-smiling goblin face - each start up on their own, circling the truck stop and preventing anyone from getting in or out. Trapped by the trucks and an emotionless manager (Pat Hingle), a young ex-con (Emilio Estevez) takes it upon himself to lead the rescue of anyone in the immediate vicinity who's life is in danger, and to ultimately escape the truck stop and head to safety. Unfortunately, things become more complicated when a machine-gun-mounted mobile platform orders each of the humans to pump gasoline for the trucks. Pitted against an army of machines demonized by an unknown phenomenon, the people trapped in the Dixie Boy truck stop must use stealth and a concealed arsenal to escape. In the meantime, they realize that there is more to the tail of Rhea-M than they initially thought.... (more)(less)
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How in the world can a master of horror like Stephen King have written such a frickin' piece of crap as this? I had heard bad things about Maximum Overdrive before, but no one really told me how bad it was. If I could take this crap out of my brain I would. It's simply THAT bad. There's no redeeming aspect for it either. The characters are all unlikeable pricks, the horror is more action oriented than anything else and the plot potential is completely wasted on trucks and cars with a few othe"
"A fun and entertaining cult action horror about machines turning against humans. Plenty of destruction and explosions on display if you like that kind of thing. "
"When asked why he hasn't directed a movie since "Maximum Overdrive", Stephen King responded "Just watch Maximum Overdrive."
The Happy Toyz truck is a 1981 Western Star 4800 (supposedly).
AC/DC was selected to make the music for the movie by Stephen King himself.
The "Dixie Boy" truck stop was a set constructed 10 miles outside of Wilmington, North Carolina. It was convincing enough that several truckers tried to stop in, and eventually the producers had to put announcements in local papers"
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 7 months, 1 week ago
"I'm glad Stephen King has never directed anything else because he clearly has no clue what filmmaking is about. "Maximum Overdrive" is over the top and repetitive film that is mildly amusing at times but mostly just useless."
rogercastoro added this to a list 9 months, 1 week ago
"The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story, Trucks, which was included in King's first collection of short stories, "Night Shift".
I haven't seen the film yet.
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AVPGuyver21 added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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