Maximum Overdrive
Release: July 25, 1986

Writer-director Stephen King falls short in his debut at the helm with Maximum Overdrive, an absurd tale about a radiation storm that somehow animates machines across the world, causing them to turn on their makers. The film focuses on a group of survivors held captive at the Dixie Boy Diner by a group of bad-tempered semis. Led by Emilio Estevez, the diner-goers do their impression of Ten Little Indians, waiting their turn until each gets bumped off one by one. There are holes in the plot big enough for the semis to drive through; for example, why don't the trucks run over the diner at the start of the film rather than wait for ninety minutes? Maximum Overdrive's only distinction is that it is, without question, one of the worst films released in the '80s.

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Brett: "I ain't never seen a hero with his ass in the air like that."
Brett: "If you don't get your hand off my leg, you're going to be wiping your ass with a hook next time you take a dump!"
Man At Cashpoint: "Honey! C'mon over here, Sugarbuns. This machine just called me an asshole!"
Bill Robinson: "Jesus is coming and he is pissed!"
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