Stephen King Directed This Critically-Panned Thriller; Now it’s Streaming on Prime Video
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We know our readers enjoy Stephen King’s cinematic output. But consider yourself warned that your mileage from this particular feature may depend on your level of dedication to the author’s output. If you plan to check the flick out for the first time, we wish you well. You can find it on Prime Video now.
The author is good-natured about his sole directorial credit and seems to recognize that helming a motion picture and writing a novel are two very different endeavors. This statement to American Film pretty well sums up how he feels about the cinematic misadventure: “I didn’t get this job because I could direct or because I had any background in film; I got it because I was Stephen King.”
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The cast of Maximum Overdrive boasts a couple of recognizable names. The talent roster includes Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, and John Short.
The setup for Maximum Overdrive goes like this: After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks. A diner cook, Bill Robinson (Estevez), emerges as the unlikely leader of the pack, attempting to find an escape plan for himself and the survivors, who include his boss, Bubba Hendershot (Hingle), and a newlywed couple.
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