Maximum Overdrive (1986)

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10 Lame Excuses For Missing THE ...
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"Surely you are going to see The Dark Knight this weekend. Even if you already saw it at a preview screening last night/this morning, you’re probably geeky enough to be planning on seeing it again before Monday morning comes along. After all, Warner Bros. has dispersed a record amount of prints to a record amount of screens and the pundits are predicting a record box office gross for the weekend (never mind the fact that fellow new releases Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps and other still-strong blockbusters Hellboy II, Hancock and Wall-E will be supposedly be assisting in this matter). It’s almost being forced to be a monumental event. So, yeah, yo " [More]

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"this movie is so off-the -wall silly but u got to see it anyway. a classic rainy day flick that will enertain you. " [More]

Maximum Overdrive (1986, USA, S ...
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"Just because you are successful in one medium does not necessarily mean you will be successful in another. Remember when The Beatles, the most popular band of all time, thought it would be a great idea to direct their own film and ended up with the piece of shit called Magical Mystery Tour? Stephen King is the world's best selling novelist (I know because he claims he is) and is actually a talented writer, unlike a lot of other popular authors like John Grisham and Danielle Steele. However, it's pretty clear from Maximum Overdrive, the only movie King directed, that film is not a medium the director has a complete grasp of. But that's great, because this is an amazingly entertaining picture, and truly hilarious. The fact that it wants to be scary doesn't stop it from being a worthwhile cinematic experience, but it does prevent it from being what it intends to be. The screenplay is adapted by King from his own short story "Trucks" which I read in junior high school and have virtuall ... " [More]

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