Hardware (1990)
Directed by Richard Stanley
Genres - Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi Action |
Release Date - Mar 14, 1990 (USA) |
Run Time - 92 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
Music video director Richard Stanley made his feature debut with this apocalyptic, post-industrial nightmare set in the distant future. Dylan McDermott stars as Moses "Hard Mo"' Baxter, a washed-up ex-soldier who spends most of his time in "The Zone" -- a scorched, ochre-colored desert littered with the radioactive debris of an unspecified war (or wars). Mo's recent Zone foray with war-buddy Shades (Jon Lynch) turns up an interesting find -- a pile of droid parts he purchases from a spooky "Zone Tripper" (Carl McCoy, frontman for goth-rock's Fields of the Nephilim), which he carts home to his reclusive artist girlfriend Jill (Stacy Travis) to serve as raw material for her latest work. Unbeknownst to them, the dismantled robot is the prototype of a controversial new battle-droid dubbed the Mark 13, which is designed to reassemble itself from available materials if damaged in combat. In short order, the Mark 13 proceeds to do just that, tapping into the power grid in Jill's fortress-like apartment and targeting her for death.
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killler-robot, evil, birth-control, black-market, cyborg, killing, machine, nuclear-holocaust, post-Holocaust, post-nuclear-holocaust, radioactivity, rampage, robot, survivor
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Cult Film