Audio problem: A soda can that is supposed to be full hits the man. When the can hits the ground you can hear that it's empty.
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Stephen King
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith, Laura Harrington
The group of people managed to get out of the Dixieboy Truck stop, apart from the Bible sales man and Duncan. (Duncan got run over by a truck and so did the Bible sales man.) They run towards the harbour to get a boat, without a motor or microchip. They get there and get on the boat. One of the group strays away to prise a nice ring off a dead woman's finger as she was crushed by a stray car. He gets run over by the same truck that killed the Bible sales man and Joe. Bill jumps out and blasts it with a rocket launcher. They sail away to the island they know has no cars, trucks or motors. It says at the very end that the survivors of the Dixie boy are still survivors.
As the boat sails away, a summary card appears (in the same manner the intro card appears) that states "Two days later, a large UFO was destroyed in space by a Russian "weather satellite," which happened to be equipped with a laser cannon and class IV nuclear missiles. Approximately six days later, the Earth passed beyond the tail of Rhea-M, exactly as predicted."
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Question: Why is it that the machines they used to fight back didn't try to attack the humans? The military vehicle had a .50 cal machine gun that shot AT them, but their guns seemed to work just fine.
Answer: The movie is infamous for its plot holes, among them this one, and "How come cars didn't start attacking people"? From the story point of view we can surmise that the M60 is part of the vehicle's structure, while hand-held weaponry stay inert.
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Answer: It should be noted, the ending title cards seems to set it up so there are no plot holes and answers any "why" questions (which, intentional or not by King, can be debated). While the opening premise is the comet's close pass by Earth caused all machines to turn on people, at the end, the Russians blew up a UFO 2 days later, suggesting that it was the aliens controlling the machines. Bill suggests aliens are trying to wipe out humanity (although at that point he's just guessing and had no evidence of an alien or UFO present), but it can be debated the actual premise was that aliens were just testing or experimenting on people.
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