Maximum Overdrive
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Actor: Christopher Murney, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington, Pat Hingle, Yeardley SmithBrand: Trinity
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: T-1473
Studio: Trinity Home Entertainment
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- Get ready for the ultimate battle of man vs. bloodthirsty machine in this terrifying Stephen Kingic! For three horrifying days, the Earth passes through the tail of a mysterious comet. The skies glow an eerie green as humanity waits to see what the fallout will be. But what they imagine is nothing like the nightmare they find - the comet's magnetic fields cause all of the machines on Earth to
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DVD Review: This was fun to watch
Summary: 3 Stars
I probably never would have watched or heard of this movie if it wasn't for my boss. He warned me that the movie is pretty cheesy, but in a good way. Sometimes I'm into cheesy films, but the premise of this film just seemed too goofy, so I was prepared for quite a flop. Much to my surprise I ended up rather enjoying this movie.
Basically a cosmic anomaly interferes with Earth and all the machines start coming to life, including vehicles and so forth, and start attacking people. The story is set in a very small town and despite the fact this problem is happening everywhere, this is about how those specific people tried to survive the horror. It's kind of a ridiculous concept, but it's written by Stephen King and usually he has a pretty creative take on such things. I'm not sure other writers would have been able to make this concept interesting, but King sure does, he really makes you wonder what's going to happen and there's plenty of dark humor to be had... in a sick and twisted way of course. I may not be much of an avid King reader, but I do enjoy the movies that are taken from his library.
This is sort of an a-typical mid-80's film, so those in my age group will probably know what it means. It means the cinematography isn't going to hugely compete with newer films, which will always have newer and better technology. The acting is a little over acted in many scenes, which seems to be another common thread for under produced films in the 1980's. Regardless of budget, I thought they put together a pretty interesting story and made it fun to watch overall. It's got a lot of bad qualities which make it funny, but the way it plays out, its kind of obvious that it's intentional, so can't knock them for that! I mean, it's kind of obvious this is supposed to have a degree of dark humor and fun to it when you see the soundtrack is done by AC/DC.
Overall this was definitely worth the watch for me. It's just a fun movie, regardless of how stupid some of the scenarios are. It's not overly gory and it focuses more on the people struggling to survive and how they plan their escape. So it does have a bit of that campy horror quality to it. It certainly won't be the greatest movie you ever see, but it sure is fun when you watch it.
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