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Summary: Another oldie but goodie of Stephen King
Review: This is a great movie based off of another great short story by Stephen King. It was a bit old, but the actors did a great job. The action was great and the gore was also great. Somewhat cheesy at times, this is my favorite type of horror flick. I also find that most movies based off of Stephen King stories that are also directed by Stephen King, tend to give him great justice. He is a great author and director (and even a nice actor). I think more people should give him the credit he deserves and if you are a Stephen King fan this would be a movie that you would like! It blends in with his usual genre as well. You won't be let down by this movie, I sure wasn't.
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Summary: Another oldie but goodie of Stephen King
Review: This is a great movie based off of another great short story by Stephen King. It was a bit old, but the actors did a great job. The action was great and the gore was also great. Somewhat cheesy at times, this is my favorite type of horror flick. I also find that most movies based off of Stephen King stories that are also directed by Stephen King, tend to give him great justice. He is a great author and director (and even a nice actor). I think more people should give him the credit he deserves and if you are a Stephen King fan this would be a movie that you would like! It blends in with his usual genre as well. You won't be let down by this movie, I sure wasn't.
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Summary: Sad, cheap remake of a 1986 classic
Review: This is one doomed, sad production:- wooden acting, uninspired handling of dramatic tension, cheap effects. I am puzzled they bothered. This is like a grade school remake of the 1986 'B' classic Maximum Overdrive, but with a million dollars LESS in terms of budget. The trucks had more expression than the actors. After awhile you were looking forward to see it end so you can start to do something else in your life. Give it a miss. Big time sucks.
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Summary: Sad, cheap remake of a 1986 classic
Review: This is one doomed, sad production:- wooden acting, uninspired handling of dramatic tension, cheap effects. I am puzzled they bothered. This is like a grade school remake of the 1986 'B' classic Maximum Overdrive, but with a million dollars LESS in terms of budget. The trucks had more expression than the actors. After awhile you were looking forward to see it end so you can start to do something else in your life. Give it a miss. Big time sucks.
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Summary: just to clarify
Review: This is the same story as Maximum Overdrive. The original short story was called 'Trucks' from the Night Shift collection of short stories. I am not sure why they tried again after the horrible result of the first attempt. Stephen King directed Maximum Overdrive and in subsequent interviews I heard him state that the movie was one of the worst movies he's ever seen. He hated the result of this project.
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Summary: U-Turn, U-Die!!!
Review: This movie is an updating of 1986's "Maximum Overdrive", which was based on the short story that this is based on, with the story's title being the name of this movie. Timothy Busfield (the only big name in this one) stars as Ray, a man who has moved to the near-Area 51-town of Lunar. He and his son, Logan (Brendan Fletcher) are trying to make a new life for themselves. However, that will have to be put on hold for the time being, as driverless trucks are attacking the truck stop he works at. Because of the trucks, many people are stranded there, including a former hippie, a newlywed couple, a military man and his daughter, and two truckers. They must band together to survive, and find out the cause of this threat. Based upon the Stephen King story from his "Night Shift" collection, the movie is, agreeably, not bad for a made-for-TV movie, as it is quite chilling in a few scenes (The Tonka truck attacking an innocent mailman, and the spill generator in a control truck inflating a radiation suit which then grabs an axe and takes care of the drivers). Tim Busfield is good as the hero, and the supporting actors, being first time actors, get a passing grade from me. It is rumored that this was given a PG-13 upon video release, and then got more gore to bump it up to an R, and regrettably, that cut is not included. The movie is presented in widescreen, despite being a TV movie. Little grain is shown, and the print is quite clean. The extras fall flat, however, just being trailers for "Soemtimes They Come Back...Again", "The Tommyknockers", and the movie itself. Trimark does make some good DVD releases,. Unfourtunately, This isn't one of them. Good try, though. TRUCKS
(1997, R) Ray: Timothy Busfield
Hope: Brenda Bakke
Trucker Bob: Aidan Devine
Thad: Roman Podhora
Jack: Jay Brazeau
Logan: Brendan Fletcher Director: Chris Thomson
Writers: Stephen King (short story), Brian Taggert (teleplay) MOVIE: 4
VIDEO: 5
AUDIO: 5 EXTRAS: 3
MENUS: 4
OVERALL: 4.5
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Summary: SWEET! Awesome Action! This movie is the BEST!!!!
Review: This movie was really good and the effects were great. TRUCKS is a remake of the 1986 MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE by Stephen King. Here's the plot. A new gas station pumper into town with his two children. Eventually, they start getting attacked by driverless trucks and are trapped in a gas station ans must come up with a way to stop the machines. Some characters are pretty stupid. {like the guy who ran into a shed and started throwing matches at the stake truck and the truck just blew up the shed} Some scenes were confusing like the tanker comitting suicide by blowing itself up in the powerplant. My favorite scenes were the Tonka truck killing the mailman, the scene where the driver gets trapped by his own rig and it drives off,when the guy repaired a truck and it killed him, and my fave was when the chemical truck turned on it's spill generator and inflated the airsuit an it grabbed an axe and took care of the drivers. The things that confuse me are when trucks kill trucks without reason. Why would they kill one of their own kind? The junkyard scene copies off of CHRISTINE with the trucks rebuilding themselves after being crushed. What's weird is when the cherrie picker makes the phonebooth go flying. I like how the trucks move their rearview mirrors around to see you. This movie rocks!
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Summary: not bad enough to love
Review: TV movie version of the King short story contains some truly loony scenes. (like the guy who tries to escape the trucks by fixing his broken truck. D'OH!) When the trucks of the world unite against mankind, it's up to "thirysomething"'s Timothy Busfield to save the day. You'll root for the Peterbilt.
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Summary: Worst of the Trilogy Car or Trucks.
Review: Very Boring about the same story to Maximum Overdrive, the toned down version. There`s an little entertainment of this Disater. Grade:D+.
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Summary: Trucks gone mad... pure genious
Review: Well... at first my friend L-train and i were renting Trucks for a good laugh... we found ourselves at the end of the movie hidin under blankets because we were so scared. Just emagine your truck coming to life and locking you in the back! Freaky... well my favorite parts would have to be when the old hippie knocks the druck cowboy over the head with a bottle and says peace man... that shows his character really well... but my overall favorite scene would have to be when the tonka truck kills the mailman... pure genious... who would ever think of that? it was amazing... the blood was so real and gory... it was my fav! Well I still ponder why there isn't a Trucks 2... maybe someday we will be lucky enough...
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