Trucks (film)

Trucks is a 1997 Canadian and American television horror film directed by Chris Thomson. It is a remake based on Stephen King's short story "Trucks", which also served as the source material for the earlier film Maximum Overdrive, the only film directed by King.

Trucks
Based onTrucks
by Stephen King
Written byBrian Taggert
Directed byChris Thomson
Starring
ComposerMichael Richard Plowman
Country of origin
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMark Amin
Jerry Leider
Running time95 minutes
Production companyDawnField Entertainment (VHS/DVD)
DistributorTrimark Pictures
Release
Original releaseOctober 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)

Plot

In a small Nevada town, the town residents live peacefully. But one day, most trucks mysteriously start to come to life and develop their own minds.

Ray along with his son arrive in Nevada, where they decide to stay in a restaurant. As the trucks start to develop their own minds, a trucker loses control of his refrigerator truck and decides to get out of it to see why the truck stopped. When he decides to check the trailer, he is locked inside by the truck.

Ray meets a Hippie named Jack and a woman named Hope and a man with his daughter. They see an old truck and decide to move it out of the way when the refrigerator truck comes and tries to kill them, but they escape.

The group hides in a restaurant where more trucks come and circle around.

Two hazmat workers are sent to clean up a chemical spill caused by a chemical truck that crashes into an electric substation, but are killed by their truck. Meanwhile, the group has a plan to fuel up the trucks to calm them down. When the night comes, they decide to fuel the trucks but Ray, his son, and Hope decide to secretly escape. A cook named George tries to shoot the trucks but is killed when the refrigerator truck runs him over and collides with the restaurant, causing the truck to explode.

A few hours later Ray, his son, and Hope see a helicopter in the distance and decide to get inside when the refrigerator truck tries to kill them again but falls in a lake. The group manages to successfully get in the helicopter only to realize that there is no pilot inside.

Cast
  • Timothy Busfield as Ray Porter
  • Brenda Bakke as Hope Gladstone
  • Brendan Fletcher as Logan Porter
  • Roman Podhora as Thad Timmy
  • Jay Brazeau as Jack
  • Amy Stewart as Abby Timmy
  • Victor Cowie as George "Georgie"
  • Aidan Devine as Trucker Bob
  • Sharon Bajer as June Yeager
  • Jonathan Barrett as Brad Yeager
  • Rick Skene as Trucker Pete
  • Don Granberry as Sheriff
  • Kirk Harper as Lino
  • Harry Nelken as Phil

Trucks Used In The Film

Production

Principal photography concluded on August 22, 1997. Shooting took place in Gunton and Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2][3]

Reception

TV Guide rated Trucks 2/4 stars and wrote, "The film is all premise and no plot, a problem made worse by the clumsy addition of extraneous gory sequences."[4]

In 2019, the film premiered as The Punishment Of Sinners in Mylos Ton Jotikon, a Greek Christmas park. That is the only time that the film was released theatrically.

References
  1. "Trucks (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. Walker, Morley (August 6, 1997). "Gunton Taking Trucks In Stride". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. Hindes, Andrew (1997-08-22). "Trimark ups telepic ante". Variety. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  4. "Trucks". TV Guide. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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