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Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world! - Maximum Overdrive
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Title: Maximum Overdrive

Release Date: 25 Jul 1986

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Horror, Action, Science Fiction

Director: DEG

Production Companies: DEG

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.8 (753 votes)

Cast

  • Bill Robinson: Emilio Estevez
  • Hendershot: Pat Hingle
  • Brett: Laura Harrington
  • Connie: Yeardley Smith
  • Curt: John Short
  • Wanda June: Ellen McElduff
  • Duncan: J.C. Quinn
  • Camp Loman: Christopher Murney
  • Deke: Holter Graham
  • Handy: Frankie Faison
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