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Rating:  -
Not much here except this has been done before in different incarnations (DUEL, KILLDOZER, THE CAR) all of which are better films than this rehash. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE suffers from being a one-note film with bad acting and terrible stunt work/special effects. There is no horror or suspense here except to watch a bunch of vehicles running over people picking them off one by one. Stephen King directs and it is truly a waste of time as cardboard characters don't do much except scream as they get oft. Sometimes horror movies have unintentional humor to get a few laughs. This film doesn't even have that to make it memorable. It takes the subject matter too seriously even if the subject matter is really a funny one when one thinks about it .Only thing good that came out of the film is the AC/DC song "Who Made Who?". It is too bad a film like this will be broadcast over and over again on cable or on network tv and a superior film like KILLDOZER will never be shown, and it can't even be found on tape or DVD.
Rating:  -
Beeing a big AC/DC fan I will actually give you a review that dosent have anything to do with the great sound track!
I give this movie about 3 and a half. This was the very first movie that Steven King did himself, and I think it might have been the last? In the trailer, Steven King says somthing like "if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself, and I will scare you" but i gotta honestly say, he failed at that unfortunalty.... I remember when it first came out it did scare me, but i was about 6 years old at the time and the big boys and grown up's where watching it.... but years later when I found out that AC/DC had done a soundtrack to a movie, i went and rented it.... And was plesently suprised to see it was that movie that scared me all those years ago. But the second time around did nothing to scare me. Overall, the movie i dont think is that bad, its definitly not scary, its not the best acting, its not totally suspensfull, and it has some weird twists and turns... but to quote AC/DC's rhythem guitarist Malcolm Young "It's not all that great of a movie, but its still better then alot of the crap you see these days!" And I fully agree with him!
Sure, yeah, the soundtrack is mostly 95% AC/DC and the album soundtrack to this movie is AC/DC's "who made who" but that isnt what makes me have a liking to the film.... actually, infact, I dont quite think AC/DC's music blends in with the picture to be honest! well, some do... but one that puzzles me is "For those about to rock" beeing played when they sneak over to the showers and then into the sewer pipes.... I dont understand any conenction with the song, music and scene to be quite honest... and a few others i could point out just dont match the moment or mood with the music thats selected, or mixed in at wrong moments... if you know what i mean?
But apart from that, The movie as you shoudlve read by now is about a comet going over the world, and the machines come to life....and then the story goes into a group of people who are strandard in a gas station ...yadda yadda yadda.... my one question about the plot is, why dont the cars come alive? but anyway, the performance from the actors is not spectaculer.... but dont get me wrong, i hate award winning perfromances... so im ok with it, ive seen a hell of alot worse! The movie is allright... but i dont recomend you pay alot for it... i was able to pick mine up pretty cheap.
The bonus features arnt anything to praise. Theres a trailer, and a bio of Steven King which lists all the movies he has had cameo's in and it's intresting to find out where he actually is in this movie!! "Honey, this machine just called me an (...)
I dont consider trailers and wide screen to be any kind of bonus feature. those should and pretty much are, standard features. So this DVD basicly only comes with a bio on Steven King and nobody else... I think Emilio Estefes shoudlve gotten a filmography... and there should be more bonus features :( Maybe the "Who Made Who" video clip? that would make it worth the price alone for what it is at the moment! but unfortuanlty theres nothing... it might come in widescreen and surround sound, but i serisloy think the movie shoudl have had a bit more added to it in the bonus department to make it worth the while to purchase!
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Rating:  -
People who really like this movie are either diehard Emilio Estevez or AC/DC fans. But if it takes more than that to trip your trigger, you will not enjoy this movie. It is little more than a forum for creative ways in which machines can maim people and pop their heads like grapes. The gore is over the top. The acting is... well, let's just say that Emilio is the best one here. The dialogue is laugh-inducing.
Indeed, there is a high camp factor in this movie. If you want to have a few drinks with your buddies and laugh yourselves into a coma, this flick will do the trick (that's why it got two stars). But if you want more out of a movie than children getting run over by steamrollers, you'd best stay away from this garbage.
Rating:  -
Stephen King has a way of adding something creative to any genre of movie(such as trucks taking on the nature of a pack of wolves in MO). In this sci-fi/semi-horror film, you can't help but just sit back and be entertained from the rampant killing, explosions, and destruction from the start. Now in the 21st century, it definitely looks "80's", but thats part of its charm. Recommended.
Rating:  -
LET ME JUST SAY THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!!! IF ANYBODY WAS EVER WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF ALL THE MACHINES TURNED ON HUMAN, THIS WOULD BE THE MOVIE TO WATCH. AC/DC WHO MADE WHO WAS THE FIRST CD I EVER BOUGHT AND I STILL PUT IT ON TO THIS DAY. THIS IS MORE OF A SCI FI THAN HORROR FLICK, BUT HEY IT STILL ROCKS ALL THE SAME. EMILIO ESTEVEZ IS GREAT AND THE OTHER CHARACTERS ARE EQUALLY AS AWESOME. BUT THE REAL STAR OF THIS FILM IS THE HAPPY TIME TOY TRUCK WITH THE EVIL TROLL ON THE GRILL,IT IS THE MASTERMIND OF THE EVIL MACHINES. ALSO LOOK FOR STEPHEN KING HIMSELF AT HE BEGINNING WITH THE MOVIE'S FUNNIEST LINE; "HEY HONEY, THIS THING JUST CALLED ME AN A@#HOLE" A TRUE 80'S CLASSIC ONE FANTASTIC PIECE OF NOSTALGIA. IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF KING, THAN SEE IT FOR THE ROCKIN SOUNDTRACK BY THE GREATEST BAND ALIVE ...... AC/DC. 5 STARS WAY UP!!!
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