Review of Maximum Overdrive (1986) by Carlos I — 08 Mar 2015
Maximum Overdrive has a wildy bizarre concept and the opening is amazingly hilarious, but makes a big build-up that the rest of the film doesn't live up to. The beginning escalated this whole idea of machines running on their own and killing people to a exciting degree, and then stopped to a halt and decided to stay at a truck stop for the 3/4 of the film.
I think it's still fairly enjoyable at just how there's this conflict of what's intended to be silly and taken seriously, especially because Stephen King's story usually don't intend to be awfully comical like this film ended up being, and watching this with friends is best for enjoying its crazy dialogue and ludicrous action.
It disappoints for not living up to what it could've been, but I recommend it as a fairly amusing bad movie.
This review of Maximum Overdrive (1986) was written by Carlos I on 08 Mar 2015.
Maximum Overdrive has generally received mixed reviews.
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