Hardware (1990) Horror Thriller Sci-Fi Action

Rated R | Threatrical Sep 14, 1990 (US) | Genres Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action | Runtime 1h 34m
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Hardware Plot Synopsis:

In the future, a nuclear war has transformed the Earth into a radioactive wasteland where the sea has dried up leaving it as a post-apocalyptic desert. In the desert, A desert scavenger named Nomad discovers a robotic head, arriving in New York City, A space marine named Moses Baxter buys the robotic head from Nomad as a Christmas present for his girlfriend Jill Grakowski, who decides to use it for one of her sculptures. But all hell starts breaking loose, when the robotic head is activated and begins to rebuilt itself. When Alvy, a junkyard dealer discover the robotic head is a Mark 13, a military cyborg of a project that was abandoned. Moses learns Jill's life is in danger, as the Mark 13 cyborg goes on a violent rampage in Jill's apartment as Jill has become the the prime target for extermination.


Synopsis / Plot Summary: The head of a cyborg reactivates and rebuilds itself and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine"s girlfriend"s apartment.

Tagline: It activates it exhilarates... it exterminates

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Official Trailer

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Hardware Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 1990 (more 1990 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 94 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
Sub-Genres:  Monsters
Horror Genres:  Creatures, Supernatural
Horror Subgenres:  Apocalypse, Medical, Mutants, Sci-Fi
Directors: Richard Stanley
Stars: Carl McCoy, Iggy Pop, Dylan McDermott, John Lynch, Mark Northover … (cast list)
Release Date: Theatrical Release Date Sep 14, 1990
Box Office: $5,728,953
Awards: 3
Nominations: 4
Language: English, Chinese
Country: United Kingdom
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Hardware Release Dates In Theaters: Sep 14, 1990
Writers: Steve MacManus, Kevin O'Neill, Richard Stanley, Michael Fallon
Producers: Ray Corbett, Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell, JoAnne Sellar, Paul Trijbits, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Stephen Woolley, Trix Worrell
Editors: Derek Trigg

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