MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (2007)

STEPHEN KING

Science Fiction Horror Action/Adventure

Cast

EMILIO ESTEVEZ PAT HINGLE LAURA HARRINGTON YEARDLEY SMITH JOHN SHORT AC/DC

Plot

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 SF/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".