Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive
Directed By: Stephen King
Release Date: 1986
Source: Retail DVD
Synopsis: Adapted from the Stephen King short story “Trucks”, this is a cautionary tale of when the machines stop listening to man and make up their own mind on what to do. Needless to say they have a bone to pick with humans for being force labor for so long.
Drive-In Totals: 21 Dead Bodies, 1 Possible Breast, 1 Dead Dog, 28 Dead Motor Vehicles, 6 Quarts Blood, All Music Performed By AC/DC, 12 Exploding Trucks, 1 Exploding Ice-Cream Truck, 2 Motor Vehicle Chases, Wrist Carving, Random Video-Game Electrocutions, Little Leaguers Massacred For No Reason, Steamrolling Of Small Children, Ventilated Pat Hingle, Filthy Restrooms, Gratuitous Version Of “King Of the Road”, Vending Fu, Diesel Fu, Garbage Truck Fu, Bazooka Fu. Two And A Half Stars, Joe Bob says CHECK IT OUT!
Joe Bob Briggs Quote:
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