Maximum Overdrive
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Maximum Overdrive

19861h 38mHorrorActionScience Fiction
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Story Line

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.

Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!

Top Cast

Emilio Estevez

Emilio Estevez

Bill Robinson

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Hendershot

Laura Harrington

Laura Harrington

Brett

Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith

Connie

John Short

John Short

Curt

Ellen McElduff

Ellen McElduff

Wanda June

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Rating

5.8/ 10

Release Date

1986-07-13

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

HorrorActionScience FictionComedy

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User Reviews (1)

atticbuzz

8/10
1/31/2026
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 ...