Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
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 homicidal 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
Pat Miller
Joe
Jack Canon
Max
Barry Bell
Steve
John Brasington
Frank
J. Don Ferguson
Andy
Leon Rippy
Brad
Robert Gooden
Barry
R. Pickett Bugg
Rolf
Giancarlo Esposito
Videoplayer
Martin Tucker
2nd Man
Marla Maples
2nd Woman
Ned Austin
Bridgemaster
Richard Chapman Jr.
Helper
Bill Huggins
Umpire
Stephen King
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Maligned Stephen King Adaptation Now on Prime Video: “The Movie ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Should Have Been”
There’s no time like the present to check out this largely forgotten Stephen King adaptation that’s now streaming on Prime Video!
- Release Date 07/25/1986
- Language English
- Director Stephen King
- Editor Evan A. Lottman
- Cinematographer Armando Nannuzzi
- Producer Martha De Laurentiis
- Company DEG
- Budget $10,000,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Jul 25, 1986 | Theatrical | 18 |
| United States | Jul 25, 1986 | Theatrical | R |
| Germany | Nov 20, 1986 | Theatrical | 16 |
| SE | Jan 30, 1987 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Japan | Jul 11, 1987 | Theatrical | R15+ |
| France | Nov 25, 1987 | Theatrical | U |
| TH | Sep 24, 1988 | Theatrical | — |
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