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Maximum Overdrive

19861h 38mHorror · Action · Science Fiction
directed by Stephen King

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

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5.8 / 10
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5.4 / 10
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24 / 100
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Emilio Estevez·Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle·Hendershot
Laura Harrington·Brett
Yeardley Smith·Connie
John Short·Curt
Ellen McElduff·Wanda June
J.C. Quinn·Duncan
Christopher Murney·Camp Loman
Holter Graham·Deke
Frankie Faison·Handy