Maximum Overdrive
Réalisé par Stephen KingEn 1986, la comète Rhéa-M gravite autour de la Terre. Aussitôt, toutes les machines sur la surface du globe sont déréglées : un distributeur de billets insulte les clients, une enseigne lumineuse invite les passants à aller se faire voir… La situation devient tragique lorsqu'un pont mobile échappe à tout contrôle. Désormais, toutes les mécaniques sont autonomes et ne semblent poursuivre qu'un seul but : débarrasser la surface du globe de toute présence humaine…
Maximum Overdrive Notations et commentaires
- Daniel Gustavsson11 octobre 2024Really funny movie. The ones rating this as bad is missing the entire point 🙂
- Richard9 novembre 2025This is the cinematic equivalent of a fever dream in a truck stop. Stephen King, riding high on fame and other substances, decided to direct his own short story (Trucks) and turn it into a full blown movie. The result? A glorious mess of killer machines, AC/DC riffs and Emilio Estevez trying to act his way out of a vending machine apocalypse. The plot is simple: Earth passes through the tail of a rogue comet and suddenly all machines come to life and start murdering people. Lawnmowers, arcade cabinets and most famously, a demonic semi truck with a Green Goblin face. It’s chaos. Glorious, greasy chaos. King himself later admitted he was “coked out of his mind” during production and it shows. The tone swings wildly between horror, slapstick and accidental comedy. The pacing is erratic, the dialogue is bonkers and the direction? Let’s just say it’s enthusiastic. The cast does their best, Estevez is stoic, Yeardley Smith screams a lot and Pat Hingle looks like he wandered in from a Tennessee Williams play. The soundtrack? Pure AC/DC, blasting like it’s trying to drown out the script. This was King’s first and last time in the director’s chair. The production was reportedly a nightmare, with injuries, technical failures and a crew that probably aged five years in five weeks. It’s a cult classic now, but back then? Critics roasted it like a malfunctioning toaster. Still, it’s a must watch. Not because it’s good, but because it’s King unfiltered. A cinematic car crash you can’t look away from. And honestly? That truck face is iconic.
- y5zcj30 octobre 2025Great flick
- Doc.Max3 avril 2025This is a a fun old movie, has a few slow moments but if you enjoy it simply from the entertainment perspective you’ll enjoy it. Recommended when you just want to watch a movie, I rewatch it every 2-3 years.
- Jeffery Brookshire7 septembre 2025Nostalgic 80s Steven King. Solid stuff, haha.
- jfrenia3 septembre 2025Mildly entertaining, pretty good cast and spundtrack
- cultfilmliker30 mars 2025I mean…Stephen King has fun ideas. You gotta give him that, I guess.
Maximum Overdrive Trivia
Maximum Overdrive was released on 13 juillet 1986.
Maximum Overdrive was directed by Stephen King.
Maximum Overdrive has a runtime of 1h 38min.
Maximum Overdrive was produced by Martha De Laurentiis.
En 1986, la comète Rhéa-M gravite autour de la Terre. Aussitôt, toutes les machines sur la surface du globe sont déréglées : un distributeur de billets insulte les clients, une enseigne lumineuse invite les passants à aller se faire voir… La situation devient tragique lorsqu'un pont mobile échappe à tout contrôle. Désormais, toutes les mécaniques sont autonomes et ne semblent poursuivre qu'un seul but : débarrasser la surface du globe de toute présence humaine…
The key characters in Maximum Overdrive are Bill Robinson (Emilio Estevez), Hendershot (Pat Hingle), Brett (Laura Harrington).
Maximum Overdrive is rated U.
Maximum Overdrive is a Horreur, Action, Science-Fiction film.
Maximum Overdrive has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.
Maximum Overdrive had a budget of 10 M $US.
Maximum Overdrive has made 7,4 M $US at the box office.