Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive

Released: 1986-07-13

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.

Horror

Action

Science Fiction

Comedy

5.8 / 852

Duration: 98 min.

Budget: $10.0M

Revenue: $7.4M

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atticbuzz

Rating:8/10

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.