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Maximum Overdrive

Movie·1986·Horror, Action, Science Fiction·1h 38m·5.8 (861)·Directed by Stephen King

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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 murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

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Emilio EstevezEmilio EstevezBill RobinsonPat HinglePat HingleHendershotLaura HarringtonLaura HarringtonBrettYeardley SmithYeardley SmithConnieJohn ShortJohn ShortCurtEllen McElduffEllen McElduffWanda JuneJ.C. QuinnJ.C. QuinnDuncanChristopher MurneyChristopher MurneyCamp Loman

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