Maximum Overdrive

CRASH! This movie runs the basic philosophy that machines are evil and they want to kill all humans. I think the Amish wrote the script for this film. In any case, get your favorite crash test dummy, buckle your safety belt, and put your car in... Maximum Overdrive Get yourself a telescope, because you can't find the plot with your naked eye. A comet's tail passes through Earth, which breathes life into machines. That's right. Machines come to life and start opening a frosty can of whup-ass on the people of America. The human race is mercilessly attacked by cars, lawnmowers, tractor-trailers, and by far the coolest killer in this movie, a soda can machine. Just thinking of the scene where a Little League baseball coach is pelted in the forehead by a can of root beer travelling at 98 MPH brings a tear to my eye. Almost like how normal people cry at "Forrest Gump," "Steel Magnolias," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control." Hey! I cried! I lost 5 bucks on that piece of crap, "Speed 2!" Guess what bad movie website that movie will land on? *evil smile*

At any rate, a rag-tag team of survivors, led by Emilio "Paula Abdul Beat the #$%* Out of Me" Estevez, try to stay alive long enough until Earth passes out of the comet's tail.

The plot suddenly runs out of gas. From here on in, we are served a steaming helping of action sequences. The only other plot point is where the survivors attempt to make allies of the killer trucks by giving them free refills of gasoline. Yeah. Don't yell at me. I just suffered multiple smug wounds from Emilio's smarmy character. As far as I'm concerned, all of Martin Sheen's children were Hell-Spawn.

Much to the dismay of the viewer, Emilio survives. I know what I'D do if I could rewrite that movie, I'll tell you that. At any rate, this movie campiest moment comes when a kid puts money into a vending machine, doesn't get what he wants, and yells, "YO MAMA!" That fella must be a relative of Joe Mamma. Well, those looking for a good dose of automotive mayhem, go see "Death Race 2000." Those looking for likeable characters, an innovative plot, or plenty o' parallel parking should look elsewhere, or you'll be spinning your wheels. VROOM!

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Joe Mamma, Official Pit Psychopath

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