Where to Watch Hardware
- Herbert West31 maja 2025Undisputedly, inarguably, definitively Dylan McDermott’s finest performance. Also it’s a low-budget, cyberpunk fever-dream that probably got played a lot on background TVs in late 80s goth clubs cranking industrial dance music. While visually interesting in an early Trent Reznor home video sort of way, there’s some ingenuity on display regarding set design and lighting. Everything else is plot driven theatrics stunted by disjointed pacing and often intelligible dialogue. Loads of quality gore, but its impact is offset by the silly plot devices and character simplification that leads to wasted FX in telegraphed scenes with no surprises, suspense, or investment in the outcome. Dylan McDermott has never been better, so it’s definitely a must watch for anyone that appreciates Tony “The Golden Boy” McD’s filmography. Or anyone that loves an aesthetic of destroyed analog electronics heaped in piles, covered in nests of wires and tubing, with analog tape hanging from the ceiling like garland. Pretty much everyone.
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Hardware was released on 14 września 1990.
Hardware was directed by Richard Stanley.
Hardware has a runtime of 1 h 33 min.
Hardware was produced by Ray Corbett, Elizabeth Karlsen, Paul Trijbits, JoAnne Sellar.
Akcja filmu toczy się w posępnym świecie po zagładzie nuklearnej. Moses zarabia na życie zbieraniem złomu. Pewnego dnia znajduje zardzewiałego robota i ofiarowuje go w prezencie swej dziewczynie, która wykorzystuje jego elementy do stworzenia rzeźby. Oboje nie zdają sobie sprawy z tego, że jest on prototypową maszyną skonstruowaną specjalnie do zabijania ludzi. W nocy robot usuwa usterki swego systemu i przystępuje do realizacji zadania.
The key characters in Hardware are Moses "Hard Mo" Baxter (Dylan McDermott), Jill (Stacey Travis), Shades (John Lynch).
Hardware is rated R.
Hardware is a Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller film.
Hardware has an audience rating of 5.2 out of 10.
Hardware had a budget of 1,5 mln USD.
Hardware has made 5,7 mln USD at the box office.