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“Maximum
Overdrive”-"Wayne's" Review
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Horror |
| Video: |
2.35:1 Widescreen
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| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
Surround 5.1 |
| Languages |
English
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| Subtitles |
English |
| Length |
98 minutes
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| Rating |
R |
| Release Date |
9/7/04 |
| Studio |
20th Century
Fox Home Video |
| Commentary:
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None |
| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
Emilio Estevez,
Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, Ellen
McElduff |
| Written
By: |
Stephen King
based on his short story |
| Produced
By: |
Martha Schumacher
and Milton Subotsky |
| Directed
By: |
Stephen King
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| Music:
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AC/DC |
| The
Review: |
Time to rev those engines make a
beeline for the highway as one of the all time worst horror
movies of the 80’s comes to DVD in a new re-release . “Maximum
Overdrive” proved that Stephen King’s gift as a writer didn’t
transform him into Steven Spielberg. An awful, awful mess
that King can only blame himself for (and he does), “Maximum
Overdrive” belongs in the category so-bad-it’s good. Based
on King’s short story “Trucks”, King stretches out this tale
of a diner terrorized by rampaging trucks and other machinery
mysteriously brought to life when the Earth passes through
the tail of a comet.
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| Image
and Sound: |
Although
this might have had a lube job, when you look under the hood
you find the same picture quality as the previous DVD release.
Anchor Bay’s release looked just fine with nice, sharp picture
quality and nice vivid colors. The images here appear roughly
the same although the picture quality might be a tad sharper.
The 5.1 sound will rock a room particularly if you turn up the
volume during the AC/DC soundtrack. --- |
| The
Extras: |
Nada
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| Commentary:
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Ditto. |
| Final
Words: |
Although
the film looks like it was assembled from the spare parts of
other thrillers King has scripted, “Maximum Overdrive” the absurd
acting and direction along with the crunching metal (and metal
soundtrack) might make this worthwhile for hardcore King fans.
All the rest stay far away. |
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