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Maximum Overdrive
Summary: A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: R
Production: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, Home Box Office (HBO), Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Lorimar Home Video, Modern Entertainment, Phase 4 Films, Trinity Home Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Turner Network Television (TNT)
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 7,433,663
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