An effective atmosphere. The atmosphere is Blade runner on a budget. I think the look may have effected this movies response years ago as a cheap imitation of many other movies and as poor due to expectations. Maybe people wanted something like the terminator or alien but they got... hardware. I think this movie looks good though. Dystopian ages well and this is some of the best. 1990, so some of that 80's cheese feel is still present. It's essentially an old MTV cyber punk video.
Is the movie any good? Well it's slow and it's simple but it's not as boring as I thought it would be (again it's the visuals and even sound that are pleasing.) The movie has a small perverted voyeuristic element which is also funny. This movie doesn't take itself serious at all sometimes. The robot is pretty limited in its actions but I think the budget was very low. When the robot appears it's suddenly pure B movie.
To all folks who are complaining about same old boring Cyborg Movies (of the 90s) Well, Hardware is one of the First!!!
And its indi, low-budget and a filmmakers Debut. So call it Gold and not Waste
Dystopian desert scavengers unearth the remains of a beaten-up hunter droid and drag it, in pieces, back to civilization. There, the skull-faced deathbot is incorporated into an artist's canvas and accidentally re-activated, whereupon he initiates a self-repair protocol and indiscriminately slaughters anyone within reach.
This whole thing is a loud, brazen chunk of flimsy punk rock chaos. Everything looks cool on the surface, but like the grim, edgy anti-hero comic books that were flooding the scene at the time, Hardware's interests really begin and end with its aesthetic. It lobs a few flailing attempts at a broad moral framework, something about class warfare and an out-of-touch government, but those gestures are cursory at best and extremely simplistic. This is a b-grade killer robot movie from 1990, and everything that statement might imply is probably true. Its special effects, while inspired, are cripplingly low-budget and often marred by smoke, quick cuts or strobe effects. The script is loaded with groan-worthy dialogue and spacious plot holes, not to mention something like seven fake-out endings. I'm not convinced any of the actors had worked in film before. Well, except maybe Iggy Pop and Lemmy from Motörhead, who randomly lean in for a pair of brief, grinning, charismatic cameos before departing for good.
This is just objectively not-good, even in the areas where one might hope it would shine. Cult-friendly as hell, though, which explains its lasting (if limited) appeal. If neon-drenched, softcore sex scenes and abrupt, grotesque deaths are your jam, Hardware has got you covered. For about thirty minutes. Skip the rest.
Some kind of robot, half cables half cans.
Just awesome. PIL (Johnny Rotten) & Ministry soundtrack. Iggy Pop, Lemmy and more cameos. Cyber Punk, post-apocalyptic aesthetic. Insert explicative here.
Wow, this is like a trip to the worlds of 70-80ties sci-fi indie comics (⏑)
That was the worst sci-fi movie I've ever watched. I mean whoever wrote this script must be high on drugs or mentally ill. Even Lemmy couldn't save it. Damn.
I need the minutes of my life back that I wasted on this POS. Poorly shot, terrible progression, no real plot. Don't waste your time.
Shout by PeteBlockedParent2016-06-12T18:39:41Z
Apart from some cameos (including Lemmy - and the associated Motorhead songs) this could be the same as any other cyborg gone crazy movie from the 90's.
And if you are a Motorhead fan, it's still not worth it - 2 songs in 90 minutes of yawn.
On the bright side, it does remind me that the lack of imagination we are seeing in the last 10 years of movies is actually nothing new - it existing 25 years ago as well.
And that I should listen to more Motorhead (I'm not a fan, but they are pretty great).
Nothing to see here folks, move along.