The other car flick with a Sheen from '86. While Emilio Estevez definitely is the most charismatic of the two, "Maximum Overdrive" doesn't really compare all that well to "The Wraith". Sure it has mad trucks possessed by space aliens, but it seems like Stephen King had no idea what to do with the premise once it gets going. The film is off to a promising start - kids get squashed by steam rollers, soda can machines go bananas, cars turn on their owners and lawnmowers develop an appetite for human flesh. Though, after this you're left in a sort of limbo, asking yourself "now what?" - in a way the film never manages to escalate the situation. Still, I sort of like this one. I can't really ask for more, when a film presents me with a menacing goblin-truck of death. Okidoke!
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