Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Regisseur:

Stephen King

Drehbuchautoren:

Stephen King (short story "Trucks")
Stephen King (written by)

Premierendatum:

25. Juli 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Who Made Who?

Plot:

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Plot Keywords:

Playing Footsie | Auto Accident | Dead Children | Mass Child Killing | Children Killed

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

"Who made Who?"

Besetzung

Emilio Estevez	...	Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle	...	Hendershot
Laura Harrington	...	Brett
Yeardley Smith	...	Connie
John Short	...	Curtis
Ellen McElduff	...	Wanda June
J.C. Quinn	...	Duncan
Christopher Murney	...	Camp Loman
Holter Graham	...	Deke
Frankie Faison	...	Handy
Pat Miller	...	Joe
Jack Canon	...	Max
Barry Bell	...	Steve
John Brasington	...	Frank
J. Don Ferguson	...	Andy

Alternativ:

Es begann ohne Warnung (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) (video title) [de]
Rhea M. - Es begann ohne Warnung (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

97 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:16 (re-rating 2006) | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Drehorte:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Firma:

De Laurentiis

Dies und das:

An accident occurred on 31 July 1985 during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina where a radio-controlled lawnmower used in a scene went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters which injured the director of photography Armando Nannuzzi; as a result, he lost an eye. Nannuzzi sued Stephen King on February 18, 1987 for $18 million in damages. The suit was settled out of court.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: You do not reload the M72 anti-tank grenade launcher. It is a one-time-only weapon designed to be tossed away after use.

Dialogzitate:

Coach: Sodas, I'm buyin'!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "The Simpsons: Maximum Homerdrive (#10.17)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Who Made Who

"Who made Who?"

For those of us who like Maximum Overdrive, we are apparently in the minority. I view it as a funny and entertaining, B-grade action/sci-fi flick. There's mass destruction and tons of carnage as everything on-screen is blown to bits...plus it's got Emilio Estevez. What's better than that? The movie does require major suspension of disbelief as some of the story elements don't work (for example: the honeymooner's car works just fine, but every other machine on earth, from lawn-mowers, electric knives, trucks, and even steam-rollers, go haywire). But then again, this movie is all about fun. The best part of the movie (besides Emilio) is that no one is shown any sympathy...not even kids; in one stand-out scene, a steam-roller comes out of nowhere and completely squashes this innocent kid. Maximum Overdrive is a cool and outrageous cult classic that Stephen King should be proud of. Sadly, I feel that King will never direct again.

Note for genre buffs: C.H.U.D. alumni Frankie Faison and J.C. Quinn star in the movie. King himself also cameos as the ATM guy.