Maximum Overdrive (1986) [reclassified 2013]

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Synopsis

Horror/Science Fiction. A young man (Emilio Estevez) leads a group of survivors who are forced to hide out in a gas station when Earth’s motor vehicles mysteriously become murderous.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang and profanity; infrequent use of vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand to hand violence, most involving motor vehicles – blood, little detail

Thematic elements

• The will to survive
• Community in times of crisis
• Man’s reliance on technology

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and genre violence

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