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06/24/06
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:2
Rotten:9
Average Rating:2.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A nightmare world of machines are taking over the Earth. At first the problems seem minor as gas pumps stop pumping fuel, video games flash and beep uncontrollably, and soda machines spit change... [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey
Director: Stephen King
Reviews for Maximum Overdrive
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09/01/07
Maximum Crap. It sorta revived AC/DC, if that matters.
06/18/03
No review available.
10/18/02
Most of the characters are so annoying that you want them to die ... a recipe' for a railroad-spike lobotomy migraine
03/19/03
No review available.
08/22/05
" 'Maximum Tedium' -- the year
07/29/02
This is why other people usually direct King's writing.
03/01/04
When Novelists Direct!
07/25/02
No review available.
06/14/03
A suitably schlocky Stephen King story.
02/10/03
Truck stop attacked by mechanical objects, including trucks, gone awry! Based on Stephen King story.
03/14/09
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