Of course, it’s not as if the male characters are a lot better, but they get to take a lot more of the spotlight in Trucks, while the characters in Maximum Overdrive are better written and more dynamic in general. The women in Trucks also seem to largely be seen as a liability with little to offer to the practical decision-making and survival tasks needed, while those in Maximum Overdrive offer useful insights, multi-dimensional characterization, and a variety of different attitudes. Additionally, Trucks sees just the two main men take charge and create solutions to their problems, while Maximum Overdrive has everyone chip in and use their unique skill sets to help. Trucks may have better acting, but ultimately it also has flatter characters who don’t engage the audience the way those in Maximum Overdrive do. The diner and gas station staff and customers are a motley crew, as they’re intended to be, but they’re all enjoyable and silly. Maximum Overdrive takes a much more likable approach to the characters, setting Emilio Estevez ( The Breakfast Club) as the male lead hero character and bringing in Laura Harrington ( What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) as a hitchhiker with a knife in her boot. Related: How Joe Hill Could Remake Maximum Overdrive (& Make It Better)
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