Factual error: The mounted machine gun fires far too many shots for the limited supply of ammo it has in the box attached to it.
David Mercier
4th May 2004
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
4th May 2004
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Revealing mistake: When the ice-cream van is being shot at the end of the film, for a single shot you can see the driver sitting in it.
4th May 2004
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Factual error: The rocket launcher that is used on the big yellow plough is a single shot M1A1 L.A.W. (Light Anti-tank Weapon). However, the woman then picks it up and fires it again. It could not have had another rocket in it, and reloading it takes much longer than the few seconds between firings in the film. Plus Joey didn't connect the firing clip to the trigger mechanism, as would be needed.
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