There may be spoilers here, but it doesn't matter in a movie this asinine and predictable. Machines start operating independently and killing people. An Army jeep-like thing (with an M-60 mounted that it can fire!) knows Morse code (as does the de rigueur precocious kid). And good thing, too, or the humans wouldn't know to pump gas for the machines and there goes half the move. And why would a toy store put a scary face on their trucks? To scare off customers? Do people who like this kind of movie like thinking, "Oh, he's about to die 'cause he's evil/stupid/greedy/whimpy/etc." and then watch it happen? There's no reason, explanation (other than some text at the end about a Russian satellite or a UFO or something but by that time who the heck cares) about anything making sense. This movie is beyond stupid. There is nothing good about this movie, the writing, the acting, the direction, nothing. Well, Laura Harrington's cute, though. Or was 18 years ago.
Review of Maximum Overdrive
