Trucks. Another faithful Stephen King adaptation that doesn't work.
Compared to this work, Maximum Overdrive RAWKED!! It was a GREAT movie based on Stephen King's "Trucks." Stephen King even wrote the screenplay for it which is a complete surprise to me, since I normally deTEST his screenplay translations/adaptations of his literary work.
Not only did he write the original work, "Trucks," but he directed the movie Maximum Overdrive, and had a bit part in it. This made for TV version, called..."Trucks," is about as well done as a piece of Steak Tartare.
The acting is shallow and campy, the characters possess about as much depth as a child's wading pool and I'm SO SORRY, but I needed to hear Yeardley Smith (Connie) screaming, "CURRRRRTIS! ARE YOU DA-YED???!!!"
Brian Taggert should be writing greeting cards and Chris Thomson should be directing TRAFFIC somewhere in the rain with no hat! Trucks lost a lot in the translation. A LOT.
While Maximum Overdrive was not billed as highly as it should have been, this remake makes Maximum Overdrive look like Stewart's "It's A Wonderful Life," in comparison.
Aaaand, I'm not even a casual fan of Emillio Estevez but Timothy Busfield?! Jeez, why not get Steve Webber? Wait!!...you already DID that. *coughs* The 1997 Made 4 TV Shining Remake *coughs*
The cellphones are from the '80's as they attempted to "date" this piece to compete with Maximum Overdrive. Why, I'll never know. It's no where near the same level of excitement. Yeardley Smith MADE that movie. Without her, it's just some dumb truck movie.
It's probably not as bad as all that. But compared to the movie it's supposed to "remake," it ranks down there with Mom and Dad Saved the World.
Sorry Timothy Busfield fans...wait...are there any?, but it just reeks.
Amy Stewart's and Brendan Fletcher's characters were the only ones which had any depth or believability to them, whatsoever. Their performances were rich as French Roast in comparison to the rest, and that ain't saying much.
It has some good spots, but it just isn't much of anything. When the TonkaT truck is killing the Postal Guy, we laughed uproarously. It was campy and puerile and we couldn't help but laugh. We actually rented this movie, to write this review. Poor us. *lol* And tell me this...Just how many times can you chop someone with an axe in the SAME place without going more than 1" deep? C'MON! *lol* The axe actually FLEXED in it's plasticity right there in front of our EYES! WoW this movie was baaaad!! Okay, wow. And when the truck drove through the old man who'd been Ray's Father's service mate? The CGI is so bad, you can literally SEE the truck drive straight through the old guy, and the guy's feet are still THERE IN THE SHOT!! *lmao* We laughed SO HARD.
If you're bored and there's absolutely nothing else to do, clean your house, clean out the garage or worm your cat, but DON'T see this movie.
"They're getting smart!" "Well, we gotta stay smarter." *lmao* Wow, with dialogue like this, no wonder it currently has 3.3/10 stars with the IMDb.
The pivotal moments are weak and as flaccid as overcooked pasta, as the cast embers are picked off one at a time for utter stupidity.
And the ending? WHAT ENDING??? WT...?!?!
If you like this movie, see a shrink. Okay, okay, there's no accounting for taste. If you LIKE this movie, check out Maximum Overdrive. It's much, MUCH better.
I was going to give it a half a point out of 10. I don't know why it gets that much; perhaps in memory of Maximum Overdrive, a MUCH BETTER MOVIE!
But because of the really botched ending, it gets absolutely NOTHING (that's 0.0/10) from...
the Fiend :.
Compared to this work, Maximum Overdrive RAWKED!! It was a GREAT movie based on Stephen King's "Trucks." Stephen King even wrote the screenplay for it which is a complete surprise to me, since I normally deTEST his screenplay translations/adaptations of his literary work.
Not only did he write the original work, "Trucks," but he directed the movie Maximum Overdrive, and had a bit part in it. This made for TV version, called..."Trucks," is about as well done as a piece of Steak Tartare.
The acting is shallow and campy, the characters possess about as much depth as a child's wading pool and I'm SO SORRY, but I needed to hear Yeardley Smith (Connie) screaming, "CURRRRRTIS! ARE YOU DA-YED???!!!"
Brian Taggert should be writing greeting cards and Chris Thomson should be directing TRAFFIC somewhere in the rain with no hat! Trucks lost a lot in the translation. A LOT.
While Maximum Overdrive was not billed as highly as it should have been, this remake makes Maximum Overdrive look like Stewart's "It's A Wonderful Life," in comparison.
Aaaand, I'm not even a casual fan of Emillio Estevez but Timothy Busfield?! Jeez, why not get Steve Webber? Wait!!...you already DID that. *coughs* The 1997 Made 4 TV Shining Remake *coughs*
The cellphones are from the '80's as they attempted to "date" this piece to compete with Maximum Overdrive. Why, I'll never know. It's no where near the same level of excitement. Yeardley Smith MADE that movie. Without her, it's just some dumb truck movie.
It's probably not as bad as all that. But compared to the movie it's supposed to "remake," it ranks down there with Mom and Dad Saved the World.
Sorry Timothy Busfield fans...wait...are there any?, but it just reeks.
Amy Stewart's and Brendan Fletcher's characters were the only ones which had any depth or believability to them, whatsoever. Their performances were rich as French Roast in comparison to the rest, and that ain't saying much.
It has some good spots, but it just isn't much of anything. When the TonkaT truck is killing the Postal Guy, we laughed uproarously. It was campy and puerile and we couldn't help but laugh. We actually rented this movie, to write this review. Poor us. *lol* And tell me this...Just how many times can you chop someone with an axe in the SAME place without going more than 1" deep? C'MON! *lol* The axe actually FLEXED in it's plasticity right there in front of our EYES! WoW this movie was baaaad!! Okay, wow. And when the truck drove through the old man who'd been Ray's Father's service mate? The CGI is so bad, you can literally SEE the truck drive straight through the old guy, and the guy's feet are still THERE IN THE SHOT!! *lmao* We laughed SO HARD.
If you're bored and there's absolutely nothing else to do, clean your house, clean out the garage or worm your cat, but DON'T see this movie.
"They're getting smart!" "Well, we gotta stay smarter." *lmao* Wow, with dialogue like this, no wonder it currently has 3.3/10 stars with the IMDb.
The pivotal moments are weak and as flaccid as overcooked pasta, as the cast embers are picked off one at a time for utter stupidity.
And the ending? WHAT ENDING??? WT...?!?!
If you like this movie, see a shrink. Okay, okay, there's no accounting for taste. If you LIKE this movie, check out Maximum Overdrive. It's much, MUCH better.
I was going to give it a half a point out of 10. I don't know why it gets that much; perhaps in memory of Maximum Overdrive, a MUCH BETTER MOVIE!
But because of the really botched ending, it gets absolutely NOTHING (that's 0.0/10) from...
the Fiend :.