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Maximum Overdrive

5.8/10

Rating

98 min

Runtime

1986

Release Year

Stephen King

Director

Cast

Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short

Quick Synopsis

After a comet passes near Earth, machines around the world suddenly start operating on their own and attacking people. At a remote truck stop, a group of travelers and workers find themselves trapped and threatened by a group of dangerous 18-wheel trucks that have turned violent. Facing this unexpected threat, the people must work together to survive and find a way to stop the machines before they are killed.

Detailed Synopsis of Maximum Overdrive

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.

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