Maximum Overdrive [Import]
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"I'm gonna scare the hell out of you, " intones Stephen King in the trailer for his sole directorial effort, the much-maligned Maximum Overdrive. While the end result doesn't live up to that boast, this sci-fi/horror tale isn't as awful as it's been described. King's script (based on his short story "Trucks") focuses on the patrons of a North Carolina truck stop, which comes under attack by a convoy of trucks and other machines animated by Earth's passage through the tail of a "rogue comet. " King's fans, tired of half-baked screen adaptations like Cujo and Children of the Corn, expected a horror home run from Maximum Overdrive and instead got an old-fashioned drive-in movie filled with car crashes, cheapjack gore, and fart jokes. Needless to say, they stayed away in droves; the film's failure helped ruin producer Dino De Laurentiis's DEG Films and forced King to sheepishly claim that he had created a modern-day Plan Nine from Outer Space. While the film is torpidly paced and often amateurishly acted, it's no worse than any direct-to-video thriller, and King's ear for dialogue occasionally shines through the gloom. Emilio Estevez and Pat Hingle register as a heroic cook and his black-hearted boss, respectively; the cast includes Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson's voice), Giancarlo Esposito, and Marla Maples (! ) as a victim. Anchor Bay's letterboxed print is the R-rated theatrical version; the film was cut extensively after receiving an X rating for violence. The original trailer and a thorough biography on King are also included. --Paul Gaita Binding DVD. Publisher(s): 20th Century Fox. Label: 20th Century Fox. AudienceRating: R (Restricted). Format: Closed-captioned.
| Manufacturer: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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| Lowest Price (CAD): | $88.74 |
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| Brand : | 20th Century Fox |
| Closed Captioned : | No |
| Collector's Edition : | No |
| Director : | Stephen King |
| Director's Cut : | No |
| Distributor : | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Film Rating : | R (Restricted) |
| Format : | DVD |
| Language : | English |
| Movie Aspect Ratio : | Widescreen |
| Number of Discs : | One |
| Release Date : | April 2005 |
| Starring : | Frankie R. Faison |
| Title : | Title J-M |
| Unedited Version : | No |
